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 in Dutch. A comparison of the formations with respect to their morphological structure and their 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 DP's. Idea on PhD-project. 13 December 2023. University of Oldenburg. Oldenburg-Groningen-Workshop.

Weijers, R. Master thesis and exposé dissertation project. 15 March 2024, Universiteit Utrecht. In the course "German contrastive".

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. De interpretatie en verwerking van wh-vragen bij Duitse en Nederlandse kinderen. Een crosslinguïstische studie. 23 March 2024. Berlin and Leipzig. Docentenbijeenkomst (of the Dutch Language Association).

Weijers, R. -able in German and Dutch. A comparison of the formations with regard to 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: Exposé on a crosslinguistic study. 14 June 2024. Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. TABU Dag 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. Dortmund University of Technology. 2nd Workshop Advanced Language Acquisition.

Weijers, R. & Ruigendijk, E. De invloed van casusmarkering op de verwerking en interpretatie van wh-vragen in het Duits en Nederlands. 26 August 2025. Vrije Universiteit Brussel. 22nd IVN Colloquium Neerlandicum. Wereldcongres van de Neerlandistiek.

Weijers, R. Language acquisition research based on comparative language studies. 2 December 2025, University of Münster. In the "Series of lectures on psycholinguistics".