August Schleicher
German philologist (1821–1868) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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August Schleicher (German: [ˈaʊɡʊst ˈʃlaɪçɐ];[2][3] 19 February 1821 – 6 December 1868) was a German linguist. Schleicher studied the Proto-Indo-European language and devised theories concerning historical linguistics. His great work was A Compendium of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-European Languages in which he attempted to reconstruct the Proto-Indo-European language. To show how Indo-European might have looked, he created a short tale, Schleicher's fable, to exemplify the reconstructed vocabulary and aspects of Indo-European society inferred from it.
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Born | (1821-02-19)19 February 1821 |
Died | 6 December 1868(1868-12-06) (aged 47) |
Alma mater | University of Tübingen, University of Bonn |
School | Historicism[1] |
Main interests | Indo-European studies |
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