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]