English is a Germanic language and belongs to the greater Indo-European language family. Of all the language families in the world, this is by far the largest. In it are found some of the most important languages of the world – English, French, Spanish Russian and many more. As the name indicates, these languages span both Asia and Europe. Their original homeland was perhaps Iran and northern India (the so-called “Aryan” branch) of which the most ancient and famous is Sanskrit. Some Indo-European languages such as English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch, because of colonial expansion, have become the main languages of Africa, North and South America and Australasia. The family in Europe today has several sub-branches of which three are most important, namely Romance or Italic, Germanic and Slavic. Smaller sub-branches include Hellenic, Celtic, Baltic and Albanian. This course will concentrate on Romance, Germanic and Slavic and some of the cultural and religious differences that are associated with these groups. We shall look at some of the grammatical and phonological differences as for example the First Sound Shift, as well as related vocabulary. （講師・記） ・授業は英語で行います。
ウィリアム・ ゲーター：元東京大学講師 1942年カナダ・ハミルトン生まれ。国籍は、英国に祖を持つBritish-Canadian（発音はイギリス英語です）。1966年マックマスター大学卒業。1976年来日、聖心女子大で英語講師。1980年モントリオール大学で言語学の博士号を取得。1979年から2004年まで東京大学で英語講師。2008年立教大学特任教授。専門は、認識言語学、歴史言語学、比喩とことわざなど。
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