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<p>Dear Masha,</p>
<p>I assume you know</p>
<p>Coleman, Linda & Kay, Paul 1981, "Prototype semantics: the
English word lie". <i>Language</i> 57:26-44.</p>
<p>One approach (which you have certainly thought of, too) is to
consult dictionaries of synonyms. For instance,</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.freethesaurus.com/lie">https://www.freethesaurus.com/lie</a></p>
<p>gives you 15 (near) synonyms of English <i>lie</i>.</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.openthesaurus.de/">https://www.openthesaurus.de/</a></p>
<p>gives you the same number for German. I am sure sociolects are
rich in words meaning 'lie'. The one current in my youth (<i>schocken</i>)
is not even listed by the openthesaurus.<br>
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<p>All the best at least for this year,</p>
<p>Christian</p>
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