A.6.9:4.4 - Lexical guardrails
In normative or decision-carrying prose, replace the umbrella word with a sentence that exposes the action and stop:
| Intended meaning | Plain action | Exact follow-through |
|---|---|---|
| ordinary same-context designation | “Both expressions designate this local sense.” | Cite the common projection and naming pattern; no Bridge. |
| cross-family semantic interpretation | “Use A to explain B; do not substitute it.” | Test the cross-family Bridge. Use it for explanation only when it obtains and a separate affirmative explanation-use claim states its nearest non-use. |
| naming convenience | “Use the label ‘actor’ in this comparison; keep account and customer eligibility distinct.” | Obtaining Bridge plus a C.2.1 claim naming direction, label rule, and zero tolerance for eligibility transfer. |
| directional substitution | “For calculation X, read A as B by rule R within tolerance T; do not reverse it.” | Obtaining Bridge, affirmative claim for <X,A->B,R,T>, and current A.10 or B.3 reliance. |
| type-structure reuse | “Reuse this subtype row only while invariants I remain true and loss stays within T.” | Obtaining Bridge plus a separately warranted structural-use claim. |
| contrast | “These senses differ in this stated way; do not substitute them.” | Obtaining Disjoint or Partial-overlap Bridge plus negative substitution-use polarity. |
| unresolved proposal | “The mapping is available, but the semantic relation is not established.” | Candidate card or plain stop naming the missing endpoint, predicate fact, or dependency. |
Plain teaching prose may retain same, align, or map when the local sentence tells the reader what to do and what result would reopen the claim. Add a non-inference only when a plausible intended reader could otherwise overread the sentence and the guard changes understanding or action.