{"id":1118,"date":"2022-04-06T08:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/inference-and-reference\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T22:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T20:24:12","slug":"inference-and-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/support.centreforelites.com\/en\/inference-and-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"Inference and Reference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our current article explores Inference and Reference. A speaker or writer sometimes uses one thing to refer to another and expects his listener\/reader to make the connection between the two things. Often, things are used to refer to people and personal names like John, Uche or Ola can refer to things based on some associations. A student once told a classmate: \u201cI lost my Stone and Cozens\u2019\u201d<\/i> and the addressee immediately understood that \u201cStone and Cozens\u201d was a Biology textbook. Here the names of the authors are used to refer to their work in a College context. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, speaker\/hearers do make some inferences<\/i> or assumptions which generally enable them to interpret meaning correctly. In this article, we shall be looking at how reference and inference help speakers\/writers communicate their intentions to their hearer\/readers.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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