For example, if Mickey and Danny both believe that the F.
Lying: A Critical Analysis, Whitewater, Wisconsin: The Language Press.
If she tells him that there is no takeover bid, in an attempted double bluff, he might believe the opposite of what she says, and so be deceived.
He wants what he actually said to be understood and accepted for purposes of the conversation.
I think that this view of lying is too expansive to capture what most people mean when they declare that someone has lied.
Example: He said he was just going to lay the blanket on the grass and lie on it for a few minutes, but he lied.