Patrick Maiwald

Patrick Maiwald is a Lecturer in English Linguistics at the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Würzburg (2016–present). He earned a PhD in English Linguistics (2016) and a Magister Artium in English Literature, Linguistics, and Philosophy (2007) from Justus Liebig University Gießen, and a certificate in higher education teaching (2015).

• Specializes in English historical linguistics, corpus linguistics, phonology, and stylistics
• Focuses on medieval English, language change, and quantitative methods

His research examines sound changes (e.g., semivowel vocalization) and historical language stages through corpus-based approaches. Maiwald has taught courses on Old/Middle English, corpus linguistics, and language contact at multiple institutions, including the University of Gießen (2008–2016) and University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (2010–2011). He actively presents at international conferences like ICEHL and ICAME, with recent work on Shakespearean film retellings and medieval English schwa retention.

Selected publications include monographs on medieval English phonology and studies of George MacDonald's fiction. Maiwald also engages in non-academic translations and interdisciplinary projects linking language, music, and literature.