I am a PhD candidate at Ghent University in Belgium, working within the MULTIPLES research group.
My research examines the impact of gender-neutral neopronouns in French, such as iel and al, on text comprehensibility, reader appreciation, and the mental representations of gender they evoke. My doctoral project is part of an international WEAVE project comparing Dutch, Norwegian, and French.
Selected publications
The Dutch gender-neutral pronoun die : more accepted for generic than for specific reference.
Decock, Sofie, Van Hoof, Sarah, Vanrobaeys, Lou-Lou, Verhaegen, Hanne, & Vincent, Chloé
Taal en Tongval, 2026 [ doi | pdf ]
Beyond she and he : a framework for studying the cognitive, psychological and social effects of gender-neutral pronouns
Jäggi, Tiziana, Gygax, Pascal, Decock, Sofie, Gabriel, Ute, Van Hoof, Sarah, Verhaegen, Hanne, & Vincent, Chloé
Journal of Language and Social Psychology [ doi | pdf ]
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