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Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
53: Mailbag of Compounds (with Tiger Webb)
May 31, 2022
01:32:11
Language titan Tiger Webb is helping us with our voluminous Mailbag. Hedvig is giving her annual Eurovision language roundup. And we’re sorting through the lexicon of the 2022 Australian election.
- Is MAYBE a compound word? What about ANOTHER, or GARBAGE?
- Are GONNA and WANNA portmanteaus?
- What does it take to be a linguist?
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