Academic education

since 09.2023 PhD Dutch Linguistics,
University of Oldenburg

09.2022 - 07.2023 MA Meertaligheid en taalverwerving, Universiteit Utrecht,
Specialisation: German

09.2019 - 08.2022 BA Duitse taal en cultuur, UniversiteitUtrecht
Specialisation: Linguistics
- Semester abroad at the Freie Universität Berlin SoSe22

Academic appointment

since 09.2023 Research Assistant Dutch Linguistics,
University of Oldenburg

Research focus

• Language acquisition
• Language processing
• Morphosyntax
• Contrastive linguistics (Dutch-German)

Doctorate

Working title: The interpretation and processing of wh-questions by German and Dutch children: a crosslinguistic study

Supervisor: Prof. Dr Esther Ruigendijk

Advanced language acquisition

Advanced language acquisition

Weijers, R. & Sudhoff, S. 2025 . German and Dutch -fähig formations. A comparison of their morphological structure and semantics. Germanistische Mitteilungen 51. 99-136.

Weijers, R. -fähig in German and Dutch. A comparison of the constructions with regard to their morphological structure and meaning. 1 December 2023. University of Oldenburg. NWLK 2023.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The contribution of case marking to the interpretation and processing of wh-questions with structurally similar and structurally dissimilar DPs. Proposal for a PhD project. 13 December 2023. University of Oldenburg. Oldenburg-Groningen Workshop .

Weijers, R. Master’s thesis and dissertation project proposal. 15 March 2024. Utrecht University. As part of the course ‘Contrastive German’.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The interpretation and processing of wh-questions among German and Dutch children. A cross-linguistic study. 23 March 2024. Berlin and Leipzig. Lecturers’ meeting (of the Association of Dutch Studies).

Weijers, R. ‘-fähig’ in German and Dutch. A comparison of the formations in terms of their morphological structure and meaning. 11 April 2024. Lancaster University. Germanic Sandwich 9.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The interpretation and processing of wh-questions by German and Dutch children: Abstract of a cross-linguistic study. 14 June 2024. University of Groningen. TABU Day 2024.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The role of case marking in the interpretation and processing
of wh-questions in German-speaking children. 27 February 2025. Technische Universität Dortmund. 2nd Workshop on Advanced Language Acquisition.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The influence of case marking on the processing and interpretation of wh-questions in German and Dutch. 26 August 2025. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. 22nd IVN Colloquium Neerlandicum. World Congress of Dutch Studies.

Weijers, R. Language acquisition research based on cross-linguistic studies. 2 December 2025. University of Münster. As part of a series of lectures on psycholinguistics.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The role of DP structure in the interpretation and processing of wh-questions by German-speaking and Dutch-speaking children. 21 March 2026. University of Duisburg-Essen. Lecturers’ meeting (of the Association of Dutch Studies).

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The interpretation and processing of wh-questions in German- and Dutch-speaking children: the role of case marking. 7 May 2026. Free University of Berlin. Germanic Sandwich 10.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The interpretation and processing of wh-questions by Dutch-speaking children: the role of DP structure [poster]. 3 September. Saarland University. Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP).

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. The interpretation and processing of wh-questions in German- and Dutch-speaking children: the role of case marking. 18 September 2026. University of Potsdam. Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop.