Joske Piepers
List of John Benjamins publications for which Joske Piepers plays a role.
Articles
2023 Is ‘he’ still here? Exploring the contemporary use of masculine subject pronouns for women in Dutch dialects Linguistics in the Netherlands 2023, Leufkens, Sterre and Marco Bril (eds.), pp. 194–209 | Article
Various non-standard language varieties in the Netherlands traditionally allow for the use of masculine personal subject pronouns (i.e. regionally distinct variants of hij ‘he’) in reference to women. While this practice is well-documented within Dutch dialectology, especially during the… read more
2018 Gender-mismatching pronouns in context: The interpretation of possessive pronouns in Dutch and Limburgian Linguistics in the Netherlands 2018, Le Bruyn, Bert and Janine Berns (eds.), pp. 97–110 | Article
Gender-(mis)matching pronouns have been studied extensively in experiments. However, a phenomenon common to various languages has thus far been overlooked: the systemic use of non-feminine pronouns when referring to female individuals. The present study is the first to provide experimental… read more