Rukmini Bhaya Nair is Professor of Linguistics and English Emerita at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Logic of the Lie 1. Figuring It Out: A Typology of Lies 2. Pretending Versus Lying: Imponderable Evidence and Lie Detection 3. Attempting to Mean: Embodiment and Bilingual Children’s Use of Figurative Language 4. Transforming the Tree: Metaphor as an Organizing Device in Disciplinary Discourse 5. Creating Codes: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Deception as Performance6. Dreamworking: Experiments with Truth in Colonial & Postcolonial Literature7. Rewarding Risks: Narrative, Memes, Mimicry, Truth and Lies8. Chatting with Machines: The Evolution of Deception Conclusion: The Future of the LieReferencesIndex

Rukmini Bhaya Nair’s central argument that ‘deception’ is a core strategy that human beings use to ensure their survival is both bold in its claim and simple in its formulation. Deception is a book for the ages and must be on the shelf along with Darwin, Chomsky, Mead, and Arendt.

Rukmini Bhaya Nair is Professor of Linguistics and English Emerita at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Logic of the Lie 1. Figuring It Out: A Typology of Lies 2. Pretending Versus Lying: Imponderable Evidence and Lie Detection 3. Attempting to Mean: Embodiment and Bilingual Children’s Use of Figurative Language 4. Transforming the Tree: Metaphor as an Organizing Device in Disciplinary Discourse 5. Creating Codes: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Deception as Performance6. Dreamworking: Experiments with Truth in Colonial & Postcolonial Literature7. Rewarding Risks: Narrative, Memes, Mimicry, Truth and Lies8. Chatting with Machines: The Evolution of Deception Conclusion: The Future of the LieReferencesIndex

Rukmini Bhaya Nair’s central argument that ‘deception’ is a core strategy that human beings use to ensure their survival is both bold in its claim and simple in its formulation. Deception is a book for the ages and must be on the shelf along with Darwin, Chomsky, Mead, and Arendt.

Rukmini Bhaya Nair is Professor of Linguistics and English Emerita at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Logic of the Lie 1. Figuring It Out: A Typology of Lies 2. Pretending Versus Lying: Imponderable Evidence and Lie Detection 3. Attempting to Mean: Embodiment and Bilingual Children’s Use of Figurative Language 4. Transforming the Tree: Metaphor as an Organizing Device in Disciplinary Discourse 5. Creating Codes: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Deception as Performance6. Dreamworking: Experiments with Truth in Colonial & Postcolonial Literature7. Rewarding Risks: Narrative, Memes, Mimicry, Truth and Lies8. Chatting with Machines: The Evolution of Deception Conclusion: The Future of the LieReferencesIndex

Rukmini Bhaya Nair’s central argument that ‘deception’ is a core strategy that human beings use to ensure their survival is both bold in its claim and simple in its formulation. Deception is a book for the ages and must be on the shelf along with Darwin, Chomsky, Mead, and Arendt.