Samantha Weller
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik
Samantha Weller is a research assistant and PhD student in the CRC 1412 C05 project “Young adults’ specialized register knowledge: Modeling late linguistic development in L1 and L2”. She has a B.A. in Translation Science from Heidelberg University, and an M.A. in Linguistics – Intercultural Communication from Utrecht University. In addition to that, she has a background in teaching English as a foreign language and working as language editor of academic texts. During her Masters and a following research internship, Samantha focused on implicit language knowledge, language acquisition and education of newcomers in both Germany and the Netherlands. In context of her own research, her interests include multilingualism, language learning, and metalinguistic awareness.
Projects
MGK
Integrated Graduate School
C05
Young adults’ specialized register knowledge: Modeling late linguistic development in L1 and L2
Contact
Hausvogteiplatz 5-7, R. 25 10117 Berlin
samantha.weller@hu-berlin.de
Publications & Presentations
Weller, Samantha (2025) Sprachvariation und Sprachbewusstheit: Die Rolle von Sprachlernerfahrungen für die Registerflexibilität von Studierenden mit der L2 Deutsch In: DaZ-Workshop 2025: DaZ, Migration und Mehrsprachigkeit [ViVo] Kühnast, Milena; Lüdeling, Anke; Lütke, Beate; Weller, Samantha; Schumacher, Nicole (2025) Mittelgroße Lernerkorpora: Feingranulare Registervariation - Parameter, Phänomene, Designentscheidungen In: Große Lernerkorpora - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen; Universität Leipzig [ViVo] Weller, Samantha (2025) Sprachvariation und -bewusstheit von L2-Sprechenden im universitären Kontext In: DoCNet DaF/DaZ-Didaktik [ViVo] Kühnast, Milena; Lüdeling, Anke; Lütke, Beate; Schumacher, Nicole; Weller, Samantha (2025) Grasping register appropriateness: A ranking study of metalinguistic awareness In: 30th LIPP Symposium "Variation and Cognition in Language", München [ViVo] Weller, Samantha () Exploration of task-induced register flexibility in German L1 and L2 master students (accepted) In: Register and task variation in Learner Corpus Research (VAR4LCR) [ViVo] Kühnast, Milena; Weller, Samantha () Development of the MeRAQ Metalinguistic Register Awareness Questionnaire In: CRC 1412 - CPT Formality [ViVo]