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Official account of the UCM Predoctoral Conference on English Linguistics UPCEL2026.
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📢 XIII Advanced Research Seminar - PhD in English Linguistics UCM
📅 16 & 23 February 2026
💻 Online

Join us for a series of research seminars featuring outstanding speakers and key topics in English linguistics.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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Still thinking about Patricia Bou Franch's wonderful keynote at the 6th @upcelconference.bsky.social. Her insights on medical gaslighting and epistemic activism were incredibly thought-provoking.

It was a true pleasure being by her side, chairing such an engaging session.
Thank you, Patricia!
January 27, 2026 at 12:01 PM
To conclude, Erika Sajtós from Pázmány Péter Catholic University talks about "Voice Onset Time and Voicing Effect size in two ethnic varieties: Pākehā and Māori New Zealand English"
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
All the way from @uio.no, Connor Bradley presents "Descendants of Germania and Beyond: A Dialectometric Geography of the Medieval North"
January 23, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Then, María Albalate Martínez from @uam.es discusses the notion of "Categorizing Suicide Notes as a Text Type"
January 23, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Nadia M. Arias González from @usaloficial.bsky.social presents her research: "Between Panels, Across Borders: Graphic Narratives of Migration and their Pedagogical Potential in EFL Education"
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Mario González Pinto from @usaloficial.bsky.social presents "Picturebooks about Migration: Applicability in Multicultural and Multilingual Classrooms"
January 23, 2026 at 8:22 PM
From Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Alícia Gual Miró's talk is titled: "Teaching ‘have/get’ Causatives: An Inductive Eclectic Approach"
January 23, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Luca Leoni from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski”
presents his research: "Cultural Comparison of Trump’s and Meloni’s Rhetoric at CPAC"
January 23, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Next, Jesús Vázquez Sanz from @ucm.es discusses "Exploring the Pragmatic Role of Speech Acts and Implicatures: The Sexist and Gendered Representation of Women in Written Advertising"
January 23, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Then, Jianhua Chen from @uam.es talked about "Verbal Irony in Stand-up Comedy: A Gender and Culture Comparative Analysis"
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
First, Irune Fernández Montes & Maria Gkoutziomitrou from @unicomplutense presented their paper on "Revisiting compliment responses through a linguo-cultural lens: From English to Greek and Spanish"
January 23, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Today we had exciting panels about Intercultural & Critical Pragmatics, Multimodal approaches to EFL, Text typology & Language Variation and Evolution
January 23, 2026 at 7:56 PM
That's a wrap for UPCEL2026! Thank you all for choosing us and we hope to see you very soon 🫂
January 23, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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An honour to have presented at @upcelconference.bsky.social ! ✨
With her talk "Research-based knowledge transfer in science podcasts: A working taxonomy of discursive dimensions and strategies", @ansomillan.bsky.social shared her first steps in designing a taxonomy for the study of science dissemination practices on podcasts.
January 23, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Today is the last day of UPCEL2026. Here you have the fascinating panel that will close this year's conference. See you a bit!
January 23, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Today we conclude with Historical tour about the heritage of the Spanish Civil War on the university campus delivered by Professor Francisco J. Moreno Martín. We hope you enjoyed and got to learn a bit about the history of the campus!
January 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Antonio Moreno Jurado (@uneduniv.bsky.social & Punt d'Estudi) presents his research on: "Redefining 'Native': How EFL Students Blend and Perceive Different English Varieties"
January 22, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Lastly, Claudia Alea Parrondo from @ucm.es presents her work titled "Is interdisciplinarity a journey or a battle? Applying Cognitive Metaphor Theory in Literary Studies"
January 22, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Ben-Yelles Lynda Chahinez from Djillali Liabes University Sidi Bel Abbes presents "The Linguistic Market of Algerian Higher Education: A Bourdieusian Analysis of Language Choices and Symbolic Power"
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 PM
From Université de Tours, Isaiah Timberlake presents his work on "(Zoo)logical garden: a constructional comparison of curtates and their corresponding NPs"
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Laura Soriano-Gonzalez from @ua.es presents "An Exploratory Study of AI in EFL Oral Proficiency Evaluation"
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Carmen Sumillera Iglesias from @usaloficial.bsky.social discusses "The gap between language policies and language practices in South African higher education"
January 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Next, Salma Errami from @unirioja.bsky.social presents her work on "Lexical Blends Across Distant Domains and Multiple Inputs from a Cognitive Linguistic Perspective — A Cognitive Approach"
January 22, 2026 at 2:33 PM
We're also having a panel on Bilingualism & Language Policy, Natalia García Martínez from @ucm.es talks about "Digital Tools and Textbooks in Madrid Bilingual Programmes: A Systematic Literature Review"
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 PM