[Ads-l] You lie: Dictionaries find truth in a post-truth world

Baron, Dennis E debaron at ILLINOIS.EDU
Wed Jan 25 08:20:07 UTC 2017


There’s a new post on the Web of Language:

You lie: Dictionaries find truth in a post-truth world


It’s a fact of life: politicians lie, and the news media exposes their lies. It may seem surprising, but lately it’s been easier to find truth—and facts—not in the media, but in dictionaries.

Read the full Web of Language post here: http://bit.ly/1B29f6v



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