Frank Monaghan
@franklinguistics.bsky.social
Honorary Associate in the School of Languages and Applied Linguistics at the OU. Interested in all things language - esp. in public spaces - how it is shaped by and shapes society. LFC fans' banners a particular interest! Also green spaces and photography.
Was at a #LedbyDonkeys #Guardian event last night and reminded by the set how much their interventions rely on appropriating signifiers from the #LinguisticLandscape like HiViz jackets, signage, and formulaic language to evade barriers like security guards and police to get their massage through. 👍👏
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Was at a #LedbyDonkeys #Guardian event last night and reminded by the set how much their interventions rely on appropriating signifiers from the #LinguisticLandscape like HiViz jackets, signage, and formulaic language to evade barriers like security guards and police to get their massage through. 👍👏
A different use of the flag at today’s #StandUpToRacism rally in London. I trust this is a biblical reference rather than a nod to the rather dodgy 1970s sitcom of that name. #LinguisticLandscapes
September 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A different use of the flag at today’s #StandUpToRacism rally in London. I trust this is a biblical reference rather than a nod to the rather dodgy 1970s sitcom of that name. #LinguisticLandscapes
A massive thank you to the #LL16 team for such a wonderful conference. Today’s outing to the Zollverein - the former coal mine turned museum and park - could not have been more appropriate and excellent fun! Evelyn, that Applied Swinguistics group and conference needs setting up now!
September 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A massive thank you to the #LL16 team for such a wonderful conference. Today’s outing to the Zollverein - the former coal mine turned museum and park - could not have been more appropriate and excellent fun! Evelyn, that Applied Swinguistics group and conference needs setting up now!
2 gr8 talks on stickers a@ #LL16 yesterday: Mellie Gonçalves on their use in the climate context both as protest and adverts, the QR code now a bridge to the online ‘bigger’ story. Ditto with Elana Shohamy on the sticker ‘war’ in NYC on the Gaza crisis.
September 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
2 gr8 talks on stickers a@ #LL16 yesterday: Mellie Gonçalves on their use in the climate context both as protest and adverts, the QR code now a bridge to the online ‘bigger’ story. Ditto with Elana Shohamy on the sticker ‘war’ in NYC on the Gaza crisis.
2 gr8 talks on stickers a@ #LL16 yesterday: Mellie Gonçalves on their use in the climate context both as protest and adverts, the QR code now a bridge to the online ‘bigger’ story. Ditto with Elana Shohamy on the sticker ‘war’ in NYC on the Gaza crisis.
September 5, 2025 at 6:31 AM
2 gr8 talks on stickers a@ #LL16 yesterday: Mellie Gonçalves on their use in the climate context both as protest and adverts, the QR code now a bridge to the online ‘bigger’ story. Ditto with Elana Shohamy on the sticker ‘war’ in NYC on the Gaza crisis.
A wonderful keynote from Jackie Jia Lou reminding us - and even better modelling for us - that bringing our creativity (Poesie) to our research (Theoria) is not a paradigm shift, but a paradigm extension. #LL16
September 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A wonderful keynote from Jackie Jia Lou reminding us - and even better modelling for us - that bringing our creativity (Poesie) to our research (Theoria) is not a paradigm shift, but a paradigm extension. #LL16
Combining my twin passions of football and semiotics, a great article from Jonathan Liew about the use of the English Cross of St George flag, sport and politics. And bang on topic at this conference on Linguistic Landscapes!. #LL16 #JonathanLiew
September 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Combining my twin passions of football and semiotics, a great article from Jonathan Liew about the use of the English Cross of St George flag, sport and politics. And bang on topic at this conference on Linguistic Landscapes!. #LL16 #JonathanLiew
Channeling my inner Munch last night ahead of giving a talk at #LL16 this morning! God knows what I’d be like if this wasn’t the most friendly gathering!
September 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Channeling my inner Munch last night ahead of giving a talk at #LL16 this morning! God knows what I’d be like if this wasn’t the most friendly gathering!
Taking a break at #LL16 to take a look at Essen Uni’s linguistic landscape. This seems very on-topic for a conference on ‘Collapse and Transformation’ (You can do it’.) Whether I’d look to religion for transformation rather than the library nearby is less obvious. And why express hope in English?!
September 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Taking a break at #LL16 to take a look at Essen Uni’s linguistic landscape. This seems very on-topic for a conference on ‘Collapse and Transformation’ (You can do it’.) Whether I’d look to religion for transformation rather than the library nearby is less obvious. And why express hope in English?!
Mairead Moriarty at #LL16 on the Seascape: ‘We need to move beyond the Anthropocene and think like a planet.’ Brilliantly original plenary focused on engaging in a multisensory way with sea(scape), ‘drifting’ to new understandings, leading to activism.
September 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Mairead Moriarty at #LL16 on the Seascape: ‘We need to move beyond the Anthropocene and think like a planet.’ Brilliantly original plenary focused on engaging in a multisensory way with sea(scape), ‘drifting’ to new understandings, leading to activism.
On the Eurostar to Brussels heading to Essen via Cologne for the always excellent Linguistic Landscapes Workshop, and wishing all my fellow travellers a bon voyage! And big thanks to the organisers for making the preparations so hassle-free and welcoming! Bis bald! #LL16
September 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On the Eurostar to Brussels heading to Essen via Cologne for the always excellent Linguistic Landscapes Workshop, and wishing all my fellow travellers a bon voyage! And big thanks to the organisers for making the preparations so hassle-free and welcoming! Bis bald! #LL16
‘The Triumph of Art’ procession and fayre, bringing new and old vibes to Trafalgar Square. Hip hop and Morris’s, steel pans and brass band, art, craft and joy from all over the land. All brought together by #JeremyDeller, a charming man, a prodigious feller.’
July 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘The Triumph of Art’ procession and fayre, bringing new and old vibes to Trafalgar Square. Hip hop and Morris’s, steel pans and brass band, art, craft and joy from all over the land. All brought together by #JeremyDeller, a charming man, a prodigious feller.’
Another great act of not just telling but viscerally showing truth to power from Led by Donkeys.
🚨 This morning we turned the street outside Labour Party Headquarters in London into Jabaliya camp in Gaza.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
Listen to @ahmedmasoud02.bsky.social talking about what the Israeli army did to his neighourhood and family.
July 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Another great act of not just telling but viscerally showing truth to power from Led by Donkeys.
A bilingual sign by some steps leading down to Lake Constance. It struck me as interesting that the German tells you what the danger is (slipping), but not the potential cause, the English tells you what might cause a problem, but leaves you to infer what the danger is. #LinguisticLandscapes
July 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A bilingual sign by some steps leading down to Lake Constance. It struck me as interesting that the German tells you what the danger is (slipping), but not the potential cause, the English tells you what might cause a problem, but leaves you to infer what the danger is. #LinguisticLandscapes
Always good to hear from #NeilMercer.
Agreed on the general thrust of this being good. A pity the discussion of ‘standard English’ in spoken language isn’t better - it skates over the most important & complex issues & perpetuates the idea that there is such a thing as a single ‘standard’ in speech. 1 www.tes.com/magazine/ana...
May 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Always good to hear from #NeilMercer.
A very interesting combination of the watermelon, symbol of Palestine, and Liverpool Football Club’s mantra ‘You’ll never walk alone’. Solidarity in the shared struggle for justice.
May 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A very interesting combination of the watermelon, symbol of Palestine, and Liverpool Football Club’s mantra ‘You’ll never walk alone’. Solidarity in the shared struggle for justice.
A reminder that fascists are always happy to bomb civilians: Franco then, Netanyahu now.
May 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A reminder that fascists are always happy to bomb civilians: Franco then, Netanyahu now.
I wonder how many people have quit the ‘Labour’ Party since the election as members realise that the Starmer government is an island of strangers to their beliefs. #Labour #IslandOfStrangers
May 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I wonder how many people have quit the ‘Labour’ Party since the election as members realise that the Starmer government is an island of strangers to their beliefs. #Labour #IslandOfStrangers
Shocked that the BBC interpreter rendering the new Pope’s speech translated Augustinius as Augustus. Clearly doesn’t know his arse from his Hippo.
May 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Shocked that the BBC interpreter rendering the new Pope’s speech translated Augustinius as Augustus. Clearly doesn’t know his arse from his Hippo.
In Runnymede, where Magna Carta enshrined the principle that kings are not above the law, came across an amazing artwork by #MarkWallinger, ‘Writ in Water’ citing Clause 39 of Magna Carta, & thought of #AbregoGarcia & al other victims of would-be King Donald. All tyrants fall. #LinguisticLandscapes
May 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In Runnymede, where Magna Carta enshrined the principle that kings are not above the law, came across an amazing artwork by #MarkWallinger, ‘Writ in Water’ citing Clause 39 of Magna Carta, & thought of #AbregoGarcia & al other victims of would-be King Donald. All tyrants fall. #LinguisticLandscapes
Walking in Runnymede today, home of the Magna Carta, wellspring of habeas corpus, and this memorial to JFK. Can’t help thinking how far from these ideals the US and its current president have fallen. #LinguisticLandscapes
May 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Walking in Runnymede today, home of the Magna Carta, wellspring of habeas corpus, and this memorial to JFK. Can’t help thinking how far from these ideals the US and its current president have fallen. #LinguisticLandscapes
Swahili? Mandarin? The UK is increasingly multilingual – yet our politicians won’t talk about it.
March 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Swahili? Mandarin? The UK is increasingly multilingual – yet our politicians won’t talk about it.
Linguistic nationalism - the last refuge of the insecure scoundrel,
March 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Linguistic nationalism - the last refuge of the insecure scoundrel,
Another great video from @ledbydonkeys.org - this time exploring the 'Linguistic Sandscape'! #LinguisticLandscapes
Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK
Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.
March 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Another great video from @ledbydonkeys.org - this time exploring the 'Linguistic Sandscape'! #LinguisticLandscapes