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OMG! Expeditie
Jongerentaal
My book Expeditie Jongerentaal was published on February 10! What a milestone! In this book, teenagers get to work on youth language like real linguists. They can then submit their data to the university.
More information? Link.
Order the book? Link
More exciting news! On 26 March 2026, Expeditie Jongerentaal received the Language Industry Award (LIA) in the category 'Best Language Publication'.
Flemish PHD Cup 2025
I got the chance to highlight our findings in the Flemish PhD Cup 2025, which resulted in a silver medal: OMG!
You can watch my video pitch here:
PRESS
Project OMG recently received some media coverage:
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04/10/25: Interview in Podcast 'Gen Alpha' (De Standaard). Welke taal spreekt Gen Alpha?
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06/01/2025: Interview at Radio 1 (Nieuwe Feiten): "Oh my god. Kinderen spreken lang niet zoveel Engels als vaak gedacht wordt"
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04/01/2025: Interview in NRC (Jong Geleerd): ‘Jongeren gebruiken Engelse woorden om hun taal een beetje te kruiden’
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2/12/24: Expert comment in De Standaard: 'Kinderen kennen de vulgaire oorsprong van tienerwoorden niet'
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2/12/24 Expert comment in De Standaard: 'Kinderen en tieners hebben gekozen: glamour en noncha zijn voor hen de woorden van het jaar'
PhD Defense
On November 13, 2024, I defended my PhD dissertation entitled "๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ ๐บ๐๐น๐๐ถ-๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐’ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ฐ๐ต".
Special issue: call for papers
Kelly Shoecraft and I are guest editing a Special Issue for the International Journal of play. The theme of the SI is "Many Roles, Many languages - Emergent Multilingualism in Children's Role Play". More information can be found on this website.
Science outreach
4 October 2024
Lecture @Sint-Niklaas
Week van het Nederlands
"Mama, waar is mijn shiny unicorn?"
Mythes en waarheden over Engelse leenwoorden in het Nederlands van Vlaamse kinderen
Illustration: Delphine Frantzen
new pitch on the emergence of sociolinguistic stereotypes in preadolescents' roleplay, in collaboration with SciMingo
VRT Taal published an article about Project OMG!
Check out our recently published article in VakTaal (2022)
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