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Part of a mural made with triangular tiles, featuring community languages, illustrations and poetic inscriptions. Cockpit studios, Creekside, Deptford, London. The central tile depicts four heads in profile, alongside the inscription "Facing down fascism in the Battle of Lewisham".

Part of a mural made with triangular tiles, featuring community languages, illustrations and poetic inscriptions. Cockpit studios, Creekside, Deptford, London.

Multilingual tiles on the beautiful "Head, Heart, Hands" mural of Cockpit studios, Deptford. Public art les by local artist Amber Khokhar. A celebration of community and history ❤️
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#London #Langsky #Multilingualism #Art #Craft #Diversity #Lewisham #Community

Explanations about the evolution of the alphabet, on a wall in the Byblos exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe (April 2026). The left hand column shows the Proto-canaanian pictographs, next the corresponding Phoenician symbol, next the meaning (eg 'aleph is boeuf or ox) and the letter as it evolved in the Latin alphabet.

An explanation of the evolution of alphabetic writing, on the wall of the Byblos exhibition, Institut du Monde Arabe, paris.

Evolution of the Phoenician alphabet - the first widespread phonetic alphabet, which inspired the Greek alphabet - explained at the excellent Byblos exhibition, Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris. Writing became more democratic as a result!
#lingsky #alphabet #Byblos #ima #musee #Paris #Lebanon #writing

Workshop in Abuja on literary translation: "literature penned in the indigenous language is nearly non-existent. Traditional publishers won’t touch literature written in indigenous languages, nor will they publish translations of popular Nigerian English literature"
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Haha! There is an acknowledgement of that meaning in the paper, but this is more about the linguistic dimension of researcher reflexivity!

Methodological implications of participant and researcher multilingualism: making language dynamics visible Language can impact the research process in complex ways. This special issue (SI) brings together seven contributions which discuss the methodological implications of researching in a multilingual ...

Linguistic reflexivity: "a researcher’s reflexivity towards the language(s) used (or not used) by all those present in the research process – participants and researchers included" (Rolland et al.: 647). See special issue for examples of making language dynamics visible: share.google/DYJTQbaKdRAW...

🗓️ On 14 May 2026, I will be giving an in-person talk making the case for linguistic reflexivity in research (Birkbeck, University of London). All welcome! Free tickets: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
#research #langsky #ResearchMethods #reflexivity #LinguisticReflexivity #ResearchingMultilingually

Surge Forward meets Club Integral Midlands Branch Club Integral Midlands Branch returns to The Edge - our wonderfully refurbished stomping ground - for a night of live music in collaboration with Surge Forward. An evening featuring three duos: Suzume...

Incredible multilingual polyphonic music from Suzume no Tears (sparrow's tears) at SOAS tonight, blending Japanese and Bulgarian folk music (& more)! UK tour: in #Birmingham on Saturday 28 March.
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#Gigalert #民謡 #UK

If Objects Could Speak | Poetry by Congolese Association Merseyside A collection of poetry written by members of the Congolese community of Liverpool

Beautiful multilingual poetry collection by the Congolese community of Liverpool! A creative response to the Nkisi, spiritual objects from the Kongo region. In Lingala, English, French etc. www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/stories/if-o...
#poetry #multilingualism #history #Congo #Liverpool #Lingala

Graphic with logo on top with text in white and book jackets for longlisted books for the three awards below

My proudest achievement is building a book family that powers this prize

In 10 years, Jhalak Prize has grown from a single prize to a portfolio of 3 awards:
1. Jhalak Children’s & Young Adult Prize,
2. Jhalak Poetry Prize
3. Jhalak Prose Prize
BEHOLD THIS EXCELLENCE!

#jhalakprizeat10

Save Languages and Linguistics at Essex To add your signature to this letter, please complete this form: Save Languages and Linguistics at Essex (Google Form) Dear Prof Bowen and members of the Executive Committee, We, the undersigned, ...

Letter to the University of Essex VC - please sign to save Languages and Linguistics from cuts to all but French & Spanish, and merger w/ another department tinyurl.com/SaveLingLang...
#Langsky #Lingsky #HE #StopTheCuts #Essex #ModernLanguages #BSL

Highly recommended art exhibition!Of interest to linguists as many Igbo & Yoruba terms are explained, and indigenous graphic languages uli & nbidisi are showcased ❤️ Nigerian Modernism | Tate Modern share.google/LAdOHsGigPh6...
#Nigeria #Igbo #Yoruba #art #Langsky #Lingsky #uli #nbidisi #London

Free talk and performances about multilingualism on 21 April (British Academy) - showcasing British Sign Language, Welsh and "an English shaped by isiZulu, isiXhosa, and German": How languages make us: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...
#London #multilingualism #lingsky #identity

Save the date! On Tuesday 24 March at 2pm UK time, Dr Paul Clist from University of East Anglia will present "Bilinguals in the Lab: Why Does Randomising Language Affect Cooperation?" It draws on experimental work in Uganda. Join us! Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/k16YaHVH1U

AI’s ‘memorisation’ problem: the novels it can’t forget Research that shows LLMs memorise more training data than previously thought raises questions about copyright infringement

‘The world’s top AI models can be prompted to generate near-verbatim copies of bestselling novels, raising fresh questions about the industry’s claim that its systems do not store copyrighted works.’
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Event poster for 'Literature and identities in Moldova, Romania and the diaspora with Tatiana Țîbuleac' with images of book covers by Tatiana Țîbuleac. In-person and online.

We are pleased to invite you to an evening talk with bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac, who will discuss how #Moldovan, #Romanian and diasporic history and identities reflect throughout her writing.

🗓️ 13 March at 5pm
➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

International Mother Language Day: Youth Voices - NALDIC On International Mother Language Day (IMLD), many of us working in multilingual education celebrate the day by developing, refreshing or sharing our resources

Great blog by Denise Amankwah, highlighting how to involve young people in planning initiatives that explore and celebrate multilingualism: naldic.org.uk/internationa...
#NALDIC #Multilingualism #RepresentationMatters #YouthVoices #Collaboration #Languages #Lingsky #Langsky

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

The daily barrage of misogyny, as encountered by a 15 year old on social media.
#Misogyny #YesAllWomen #HateSpeech #StopHatingWomen #SocialMedia #VAWG #Discourse #UK
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400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close.

This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.

📍 Southend rally | 5 February

English lessons shouldn’t be an immigration test – why the UK’s new policy risks deepening exclusion The UK government says tougher English rules will aid integration. Esol experts warn they risk turning language learning into a tool of exclusion.

Excellent article about how language acquisition is positioned as a test of one's commitment to citizenship, disregarding the reality of language learning - and facilitating discrimination/abuse on linguistic grounds: theconversation.com/english-less...
#lingsky #immigration #English #policy #ESOL

Call for Applications: Wasafiri Translator in Residence – Endangered Languages We are excited to open applications for a UK-based Translator in Residence working with/in Endangered Languages — and invite proposals from translators…

Job opportunity for translator specialising in translating from an endangered language into English, in any genre. The endangered language can belong to oral or semi-oral traditions, collaborative or community-based practices, and non-standardised forms.
www.wasafiri.org/news-and-eve...
#langsky

It’s Sunday and the world is burning, but you can’t fight if you’re burned out, so take care of yourself. Read. Create. Check on your friends and family. Spend time with your pet. Go for a walk. Watch a movie. Eat tacos. Hope you have a good one.

Reform UK’s London mayor candidate condemned for burqa stop and search remarks Laila Cunningham accused of endangering Muslims after saying it ‘has to be assumed’ people hiding their face for a criminal reason

Abhorrent islamophobia from Reform UK, and as usual linguistic diversity is painted as un-British. We are all free to express ourselves in whichever language we please: shock, horror, "The signs are written in a different language"!
#hatespeech #lingsky #multilingual
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Gĩkũyũ word of the day: "ngarĩ" (meaning leopard in English). According to the Rebel Girls book about the late Kenyan activist Dr Wangarĩ Maathai, Wa-ngarĩ means "belonging to the leopard". Gĩkũyũ is a tonal language spoken by over 4 million people in Kenya.
#Gĩkũyũ #Bantu #Kenya #langsky

Hehe, his friend Ξανθή taught him that word and it was an obvious connection for him as a French speaker. He is a prankster and languages have become part of the game 😂

Spain decides Spanish is too hard, makes English official language

! Murcia Today - Spain Decides Spanish Is Too Hard, Makes English Official Language share.google/WXmXiThI8EXj...
#Langsky #España

Finland Gave Two Groups Identical Payments. One Experienced 33% Better Mental Health. New research from Finland's basic income experiment proves that simply trusting people with money—not just the money itself—significantly improves mental health

New article from me today about the new study of Finland's basic income experiment that found recipients of unconditional income had 33% better mental health than the control group that got the same amount of money with conditions. I also dive into a lot of other evidence about UBI and mental health

This one is for you, @alexantrageo.bsky.social !! Joys to come 😅

My 5 y.o. asking a family member, in English : "What Greek word is the same in French?" Received the answer : "McDonald's!" 🤣
Of course, he was hoping to elicit the word κακά / caca... C'est kif-kif! 🤣
#translanguaging #langsky #Greek #French #English #humour