Chomsky's distinction between D-structure and S-structure shows that surface predicate representations can mask deep asymmetries without thereby effacing them, since further levels of representation restore the distinction.

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Chomsky: # Chomsky Noam Chomsky is an influential American linguist and political activist who revolutionized how we understand language by proposing that all humans are born with an innate ability to learn grammar. His ideas transformed linguistics from a descriptive study into a scientific field focused on the deep mental structures underlying how we speak and understand language. Beyond linguistics, he's also famous as a vocal critic of U.S. foreign policy and media, making him one of the most cited scholars across both science and humanities.
D-structure(in linguistics and language theory): The deep, underlying grammatical structure of a sentence that exists in your mind before you actually speak it out loud. It's like the skeleton or blueprint of meaning.
Deep asymmetries(in linguistic analysis): Hidden imbalances or differences in meaning that aren't obvious from looking at the surface of a sentence, but actually exist in how it's truly structured.
Effacing(in describing whether surface structure removes underlying differences)

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