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August Schleicher
August Schleicher | |
|---|---|
 August Schleicher, by Friedrich Kriehuber | |
| Born | 19 February 1821 |
| Died | 6 December 1868 (aged 47) |
| Alma mater | University of Tübingen, University of Bonn |
| School | Historicism[1] |
Main interests | Indo-European studies |
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.
- ^ E. F. K. Koerner, Practicing Linguistic Historiography, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1989, p. 193: "Schleicher historicism ... was in effect radicalized by the Neogrammarians."
- ^ "August – Französisch-Übersetzung – Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
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