Yannick Ganz
Institute of English Philology
Historical Linguistics and Medieval English Literature
Office address:
Schellingstr. 3 RG
Room 159 RG
80799 Munich
Office hours:
see LSF
Academic CV
- since 10/2024
- Research Assistant, LMU Munich (chair: Prof. Dr. Ursula Lenker
- 04/2024-07/2024
- Lecturer, Heidelberg University
- 10/2020-03/2024
- M.A. English Linguistics, Heidelberg University
- 08/2018-05/2019
- Exchange Year, Sonoma State University, CA, USA
- 10/2016-09/2020
- B.A. English Studies and Romance Studies: Spanish, Heidelberg University
Academic Profile
- (historical) lexicology
- language contact and cultural contact
- language change and variation
- historical pragmatics
Landmann, Julia, and Yannick Ganz. 2024. “Recent Metaphors of Brexit in the British press: A linguistic analysis based on the Financial Times.” English Today 40(2), 149-153.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078423000238.
Landmann, Julia, and Yannick Ganz. 2024. “Animal Proverbs – A cross-cultural perspective.”
English Today 40(3), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078423000226
- “It is obvious that our social spheres have been widely different – Insults in Oscar Wilde’s Comedies.” (Im)politeness on Stage, Naples, 15 December 2025.
- “Sexual Insults in Old English – Not Used, Lost, or Not Found?” 25. Studientag Englisches Mittelalter, Zürich, 24 October 2025.
- “Allonormativity and Framing of Asexuality in Online Discourse.” Cognitive
Linguistics Conference Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 26 August 2023. - “#yallternative: Changing Attitudes Towards Southern US English?” 5th Heidelberg
Graduate Student Conference, Heidelberg, 03 June 2023. - “‘Mucha Sandunga Tiene Ese Body’ – Code-Switching and Identity in Latin American Music on the US Billboard.” 4th Heidelberg Graduate Student Conference, Heidelberg, 10 June 2022.
- Introduction to Linguistics
- Pronunciation Practice: American English
- The History of the English Language: An Overview [Übung]
- English Lexicology: Exploring the English Vocabulary [Seminar]
- Impoliteness in the History of English [Seminar]
- Reading A History of English [Lektürekurs]