Linguistics of lies

In this lesson, students explore the features of lies, from a linguistic perspective.

Goals

• Discuss the features of lies from a linguistic perspective.
• Identify pronouns, negative emotional terms, sense terms and causal phrases.
• Discuss the role of context in interpretation.
• Present evidence to support an argument.

Lesson Plan

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