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Schleicher

[ shlahy-ker; German shlahy-khuhr ]

/ ˈʃlaɪ kər; German ˈʃlaɪ xər /

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August, 1821–68, German linguist.

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schizothymia, schizotypal personality, schizy, schlag, Schlegel, Schleicher, Schleiden, Schleiermacher, schlemiel, schlep, schleppy

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How to use Schleicher in a sentence

I have been led to the wish by reading an article by your Professor Whitney versus Schleicher.
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How the new ideas struck Schleicher may be seen from the following sentences by his colleague Haeckel.
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Schleicher was wrong in defining a language to be an organism in the sense in which a living being is an organism.
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The views of Schleicher were to some extent injurious to the proper methods of linguistic study.
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Schleicher takes the same view in his masterly work, Die Deutsche Sprache.
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