Welcome to the 5th International UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics (UPCEL) which will be held on January 23 and 24, 2024 at the Facultad de Filología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. This conference is organised by the PhD Programme in English Linguistics of UCM, a programme which has consistently maintained an Excellence Distinction by the Spanish Ministry of Education since 2004.

This conference intends to involve researchers and practitioners from different fields who wish to create an interdisciplinary space and build a community of practice; UPCEL therefore is not only a research venue but a place where people working in diverse areas can meet and collaborate.

This year’s edition, with the title "Language beyond boundaries" aims to be a forum for reflection and dialogue on the new contexts, challenges, methodologies and conceptualisations of the construct of ‘language’ that XXI century Linguistics faces. The 'boundaries' of the title are widely interpreted and reflect the spectrum of current research and interdisciplinary methods and practices that are developed in today’s mobile and globalised world. 

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