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    Challenges→The representations 'Easy-to-please(John)' and 'Eager-to-please(John)' efface the semantic asymmetry between sentences (20) and (21).

    The semantic asymmetry between (20) and (21) is recoverable from the lexical semantics of 'easy' and 'eager' themselves, so the one-place predicate notation does not destroy the information but merely defers it.

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    Key Terms

    lexical semantics(in linguistics)
    The study of what individual words actually mean and how their meanings are built into the language itself.
    one-place predicate notation(in formal logic and philosophy of language)
    A formal way of writing logic that focuses on a single property or quality (like saying 'X is easy') rather than showing relationships between multiple things.
    predicate(Logical/grammatical ontology in Eisagoge)
    Either a sound signifying a meaning or a meaning signified by a certain sound
    semantic asymmetry(in linguistics and philosophy of language)
    A situation where two similar things have different meanings or work differently in language—like how 'easy' and 'eager' don't function the same way even though they seem related.

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