Call for papers

3rd International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL): English Linguistics and Diversity Awareness

Facultad de Filología

Universidad Complutense – Madrid

The organising committee of the 3rd International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (III UPCEL 2020) are pleased to invite master and predoctoral students in English Linguistics programmes to participate in our third edition.The event will be held on January 29, 30 and 31, 2020 at the Faculty of Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and will be organised by the PhD Programme in English Linguistics of UCM (Excellence Distinction by the Spanish Ministry of Education).

This conference welcomes all proposals —especially those with a connection to our conference theme, namely, “ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND DIVERSITY”— with a theoretical, methodological motivation, especially those linked with research that is being carried out from a plethora of linguistic disciplines such as:

  • Bilingualism/CLIL or Language teaching
  • English as a Foreign Language, Language policies, or Global languages
  • Critical Discourse Analysis
  • Cognitive Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, or Neurolinguistics
  • Functional Linguistics
  • Language and literature
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Linguistic Anthropology
  • Pragmatics or Semantics
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Historical Linguistics
  • Corpus and Computational Linguistics
  • Translation and Contrastive Linguistics
  • Lexicography/Phraseology


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Proposals can be submitted in one of the following formats:

  • Paper presentations: 20-minute slots, followed by ten-minutes for discussion.
  • Posters: posters will be at display in key areas at the conference venue.

Please note that English is the language we will be using all throughout the conference.


All abstracts must be submitted online before October 14, 2019 via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=upcel2020

Those who do not have an EasyChair account will need to create one.


Proposals must include:

  • Title
  • Kind of contribution: presentation or poster
  • Full name, postal address, telephone and e-mail of the author/authors
  • Work or Study Centre
  • Abstract (maximum 500 words) where the topic, objectives, conclusions, and references must be explained as clearly and specifically as possible
  • Key words (three to five)
  • Technical media required for the presentation
  • Brief CV of the author/authors (maximum 10 lines)


KEY DATES

  • Abstract submission deadline: October 14, 2019
  • Notification of acceptance: October 18, 2019
  • Early bird registration: From notification of acceptance to October 31, 2019
  • Late registration: November 1 - December 15, 2019
  • Conference dates: January 29, 30, 2019


REGISTRATION FEES

The fee includes: registration, conference pack, and coffee breaks.

  • Early-bird registration fee – 50€
  • Late registration fee – 75€
  • Attendees* - 15€

*If attendees wish to register during the conference, on January 29, they may do so at the conference desk in the D building. Payment will be in cash only.

Should you have further queries, you may contect us at upcelconference@gmail.com.