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53: Mailbag of Compounds (with Tiger Webb)

2022/5/31
logo of podcast Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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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?