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Researcher
Sofie Decock
- Keywords:travel literature, klachten, gender-inclusive language, webcare
- Disciplines:Discourse studies, Pragmatics, Dutch language, English language, German language, Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics, Sociolinguistics, French language
Affiliations
- Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2013 → Today - Department of Literary Studies (Department)
Member
From1 Jan 2011 → 30 Sep 2013 - Department of German (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2005 → 30 Sep 2009
Projects
1 - 4 of 4
- Do small words make a difference? Investigating the effects of gender-neutral pronouns on mental gender representations and perceptions of text quality in Dutch, French and NorwegianFrom1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- EM-POLITE: How to get the most out of your e-mail? An experimental study exploring the impact of im/politeness, social status and gender on our responses to e-mail communication.From1 Oct 2019 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Normativity or creativity? The use and perception of substandard language features in online consumer and corporate comments on social mediaFrom1 Oct 2018 → 30 Sep 2022Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
- The effect of linguistic wrapping on customer outcomes. A closer look at interpersonal strategies in German and UK B2C complaint management.From1 Jan 2017 → 31 Oct 2021Funding: BOF - Doctoral projects
Publications
21 - 30 of 55
- Method triangulation in discourse-pragmatic research on complaints
Authors: Nicolas Ruytenbeek, Sofie Decock, Ilse Depraetere
Number of pages: 1 - Sich Wohn- und Erzählraum schaffen: zur Bewältigung von Alterität in Melinda Nadj Abonjis Roman Tauben fliegen aufSeries: Stauffenburg Festschrift
Authors: Sofie Decock, Inge Arteel, Katja Lochtman
Pages: 113 - 126 - Pregnant girls in the attic - no choices : an analysis of Patrice Toye's Little Black Spiders
Authors: Sofie Decock, Kirsten Kumpf Baele, Waltraud Maierhofer, Beth Widmaier Capo
Pages: 100 - 116 - Deutschsprachige elektronische Ablehnungsschreiben als Antwort auf Reklamationen
Authors: Sofie Decock
Pages: 27 - 49 - Going undercover? Female bodies and clothes under scrutiny in travel literatureSeries: Routledge Research in Travel Writing
Authors: Sofie Decock, Nicole Maruo-Schröder, Sarah Schäfer-Althaus, Uta Schaffers
Pages: 160 - 178 - 'The loving conquest and embrace': on peaceful heterotopias and utopias in Annemarie SchwarzenbachU+2019s Asian and African travel writings
Authors: Sofie Decock
Pages: 109 - 130 - The depiction of the 'other woman' in travel texts : a discourse-linguistic analysis = Die darstellung der 'anderen frauU+2018 in reisetexten : eine diskurslinguistische analyse
Authors: Sofie Decock, Uta Schaffers
Pages: 775 - 797 - Die Suche nach bergenden Räumen als Reise- und Schreibprogramm: Annemarie Schwarzenbachs journalistische Afrika-Texte
Authors: Sofie Decock, Uta Schaffers
Pages: 1 - 24 - Shifting multilingual strategies in a Flemish public healthcare service
Authors: July De Wilde, Sarah Van Hoof, Sofie Decock, Pascal Rillof
Pages: 377 - 401 - Exploring the impact of platforms' affordances on the expression of negativity in online hotel reviews
Authors: Nicolas Ruytenbeek, Sofie Decock
Pages: 289 - 307