Sofie Decock

454 total citations
32 papers, 208 citations indexed

About

Sofie Decock is a scholar working on Language and Linguistics, Communication and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofie Decock has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 208 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Language and Linguistics, 8 papers in Communication and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Sofie Decock's work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (11 papers), Digital Communication and Language (6 papers) and Gender Studies in Language (5 papers). Sofie Decock is often cited by papers focused on Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (11 papers), Digital Communication and Language (6 papers) and Gender Studies in Language (5 papers). Sofie Decock collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Germany. Sofie Decock's co-authors include Ilse Depraetere, Bernard De Clerck, Koen Plevoets, Sarah Van Hoof, Orphée De Clercq, Liselot Hudders, David García, Ellen Van Praet, Hans Orlent and Christophe Moreno and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Linguistics, Journal of Pragmatics and English for Specific Purposes.

In The Last Decade

Sofie Decock

25 papers receiving 203 citations

Peers

Sofie Decock
Jing Ge United States
Alek Alek Indonesia
Paul Gillaerts Belgium
Robert Poole United States
Azirah Hashim Malaysia
José Luís Spain
Jürgen Spitzmüller Austria
Antoon De Rycker Malaysia
Rebecca Hughes United Kingdom
Eddo Rigotti Switzerland
Jing Ge United States
Sofie Decock
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All Works

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Gygax, Pascal, et al.. (2025). Beyond She and He : A Framework for Studying the Cognitive, Psychological and Social Effects of Gender-Neutral Pronouns. Journal of Language and Social Psychology. 44(6). 850–880.
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2025). The Dutch gender-neutral pronoun die: more accepted for generic than for specific reference. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 77(1). 76–107. 1 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2023). Expressing and Responding to Customer (Dis)satisfaction Online: New Insights From Discourse and Linguistic Approaches. International Journal of Business Communication. 61(1). 3–17. 2 indexed citations
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Coudyzer, Walter, Natalie Van den Ende, Isabelle Colle, et al.. (2023). Questionnaire PLD‐complaint‐specific assessment identifies need for therapy in polycystic liver disease: A multi‐centric prospective study. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 11(7). 633–641. 3 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2023). The Comprehensibility and Appreciation of Non-Binary Pronouns in Newspaper Reporting. The Case of Hen and Die in Dutch. Applied Linguistics. 45(2). 330–347. 5 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie & Sarah Van Hoof. (2022). Een taalkundige lezing van de handreiking Waarden voor een nieuwe taal. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 29(3). 5–11.
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2022). The impact of linguistic choices and (para-)linguistic markers on the perception of Twitter complaints by other customers: an experimental approach. Journal of Politeness Research. 19(1). 87–122. 1 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2021). The Impact of Employee Empathy on Brand Trust in Organizational Complaint Response Emails: A Closer Look at Linguistic Realization. International Journal of Business Communication. 60(4). 1220–1266. 7 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2021). Exploring the impact of platforms' affordances on the expression of negativity in online hotel reviews. Journal of Pragmatics. 186. 289–307. 20 indexed citations
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Depraetere, Ilse, et al.. (2020). Linguistic (in)directness in twitter complaints: A contrastive analysis of railway complaint interactions. Journal of Pragmatics. 171. 215–233. 22 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2020). “Can you send us a PM please?” Service recovery interactions on social media from the perspective of organizational legitimacy. Discourse Context & Media. 38. 100445–100445. 13 indexed citations
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Clerck, Bernard De, et al.. (2019). Theory versus practice. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 12(1). 103–136. 7 indexed citations
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Hoof, Sarah Van, et al.. (2018). Shifting multilingual strategies in a Flemish public healthcare service. Multilingua. 37(4). 377–401. 4 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie & Ilse Depraetere. (2018). (In)directness and complaints: A reassessment. Journal of Pragmatics. 132. 33–46. 31 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2018). Professional discourse in multilingual settings: policies and practices. Multilingua. 37(4). 321–330. 2 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2017). Customer complaints and disagreements in a multilingual business environment. A discursive-pragmatic analysis. Intercultural Pragmatics. 14(1). 13 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie, et al.. (2008). Inside out : textorientierte Erkundungen des Werks von Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 5 indexed citations
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Decock, Sofie. (2007). Eingesandte Literatur. Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik. 37(145). 166–166.

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