Inference in English

Inference is the act or process of deriving logical conclusions from premises known or assumed to be true. The conclusion drawn is also called an idiomatic. The laws of valid inference are studied in the field of logic.

 

Inference: as there is no direct relationship between entities and words, the listener's task is
to infer correctly which entity the speaker intends to identify by using a particular referring
expression.
- can use vague expressions ('the blue thing', 'that icky stuff', 'whatsisname')
- can use expressions focusing on one feature ('Mister Aftershave is late today‘)

•  Reference needs to use objectively correct naming, but can work with locally successful choices of expression