We are thrilled to invite you to the 16th Newcastle & Northumbria Postgraduate Conference in Language and Linguistics (NNPCiLL), a vibrant and dynamic forum for postgraduate students and researchers in language, linguistics and related fields to share their work.

The conference is scheduled for the 14th April 2026 at the main campus of Newcastle University in Newcastle upon Tyne. We will be offering hybrid participation for both in-person and online attendees. 

We invite postgraduate students (including MA, MSc, MLitt, MPhil, and PhD) from all areas of linguistic research—both theoretical and applied—to contribute to the 16th NNPCiLL conference via either oral or poster presentation. The deadline for abstract submission is currently set at 31/01/2026. 

Registration
Attendance costs: 

Getting Here - Guide

Click the link above for a detailed guide on how to reach Newcastle University. This includes a city map, a campus map (look for number 23, the Percy Building) and information on local and national transport links to/within the city.

Travelling by train: Newcastle Central Station is on the east coast main line and directly accessible from London King's Cross, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The University can easily be reached from Newcastle Central Station using the Metro. Haymarket Metro station is opposite the campus and only two stops from Central Station. The campus is approximately 18-minutes' walk from the train station, please see directions below. A Taxi rank is also outside the station.

See the university's travel page at https://www.ncl.ac.uk/study/meet/travel/ for more information.

Plenary Speakers
Patrick Honeybone - Is anything impossible in English r-sandhi?
Emma Nguyen - Flipping the Script: Children’s Surprising Strengths with Passive Voice

Key dates

The abstract submission deadline has passed; the conference programme will be available in due course. 

• Registration Deadline: 30/03/2026

• Conference: 14/04/2026 

Proceedings 

We plan to publish proceedings featuring high-quality papers presented at the conference and encourage all presenters to submit their work for consideration. Further details regarding submission guidelines and deadlines will be provided in due course.