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Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference 2025

4-6 June 2025, Edinburgh

The Linguistics and English Language Postgraduate Conference is an annual event hosted by the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, and is open to students and recent graduates from all over the world. With over 30 years of experience, the conference offers a great opportunity to refine thoughts, share concerns, and receive constructive criticism in a supportive and convivial environment.

All talks, workshops and social events are in person. No online/hybrid options available. All presentations are scheduled for 20 minutes, followed by 10-minute period for questions.

For any inquiries or questions, please contact us at lel-pgc@ed.ac.uk.

Call for Papers

Call for papers is currently closed. Thank you very much to those who submitted their abstracts.

Talks and posters will be announced in due time.

Our Committee

Meet the team:

Boss

Fae Hicks

PhD Linguistics and English Language

Historical Linguistics, grammatical development at the syntax phonology interface

Boss

Ruiting Dong

PhD Linguistics and English Language

Phonetics and phonology, speech production and perception, tone and tone sandhi

Boss

Aldo Berríos Castillo

PhD Linguistics and English Language

Historical Linguistics, phonology and morphology intersection, revitalisation of Mapudungun

Boss

Ahmed Alhuwayshil

PhD Linguistics and English Language

Formal Semantics and Pragmatics, meaning and communication, theoretical and experimental linguistics.

Boss

James Engels

PhD Linguistics and English Language

Fieldwork, semantics, tense/aspect/modality, Americas and Southeast Asia

Boss

Lara Kelly-Iturriaga

PhD Linguistics and English Language

Psycholinguistics, bilingualism, language distance and bilingual language processing

Boss

Odysseas Myresiotis Alivertis

PhD Linguistics and English Language

Psycholinguistics; bilingualism and cognition; (a)typical language development; the neural bases of language and Theory of Mind

Plenaries

Dr Itamar Kastner

Itamar Kastner

University of Edinburgh

Dr Dan Lassiter

Dan Lassiter

University of Edinburgh

Dr Nadine Dietrich

Nadine Dietrich

University of Edinburgh

Dr Tamar Keren-Portnoy

Tamar Keren-Portnoy

University of York

Dr Marieke Meelen

Marieke Meelen

University of Cambridge

Workshops

The workshops will be announced in due time.

REGISTRATION

We are pleased to announce that registration is finally open. Registration includes lunch on all three days and coffee breaks - it is £12.5 for external participants and free for members of UoE. (Edinburgh students, please sign up or you won't get lunch!)

There will be two social events at LELPGC25: a dinner and a ceilidh. The conference dinner will be on the 4th of June at a local restaurant and will cost £27.5 (You can add this when you register). The ceilidh will be on the 5th of June and does not require registration and is free to attend. Please register before the 15th of May.

PROGRAMME

TBA.


Contact Us

University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

lel-pgc@ed.ac.uk

Venue of the Conference

This is a map where the event will take place:

SPONSORSHIP

We appreciate the support of our sponsors to make LELPGC25 possible:

LAGBPSC - Student Conference Funding

The Linguistics Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Postgraduate Student Committee (LAGBPSC).

PPLS

The School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences, at the University of Edinburgh.

PhilSoc

The Philological Society.