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Andrew Sihler
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<h2 id="biography">Biography</h2> <p>Sihler received his <a href="/facts/Bachelor_of_Arts/2pa1nwfR">Bachelor of Arts</a> <i><a href="/facts/Latin_honors/BqMYAlgN">cum laude</a></i> in 1962 from <a href="/facts/Harvard_College/XU29Atef">Harvard College</a>, where he studied <a href="/facts/Germanic_languages/BxAJX3Kf">Germanic languages</a>, <a href="/facts/Literature/CmUDxokU">literature</a>, and linguistics. He earned his <a href="/facts/Master_of_Arts/ABQoKTLg">Master of Arts</a> from <a href="/facts/Yale/KUdS6jt1">Yale</a> in 1965. Taking his <a href="/facts/Doctor_of_Philosophy/paJumdN8">doctorate</a> in 1967, Sihler trained in general linguistics but with a concentration in historical-comparative linguistics — Indo-European in particular — studying under <a href="/facts/Warren_Cowgill/CYKq9Uqx">Warren Cowgill</a> and <a href="/facts/Stanley_Insler/meTx8h71">Stanley Insler</a>, among others. Upon graduation, he joined the faculty of the Department of Linguistics at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison/Rfj54YvS">University of Wisconsin–Madison</a>, from which he retired in the spring of 1999.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p>Sihler has contributed to <a href="/facts/Indo-European_linguistics/ExbGjgzD">Indo-European linguistics</a> by showing that <a href="/facts/Edgerton%27s_Law/oq18fvE5">Edgerton's Law</a> (an extension of <a href="/facts/Sievers%27_Law/oq18fvE5">Sievers' Law</a>) is untenable when all the evidence is taken into account.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In addition, he has written a comparative grammar of <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_grammar/KdS0XRgr">Greek</a> and <a href="/facts/Latin_grammar/KDs3Dyae">Latin</a> intended to replace the one written by <a href="/facts/Carl_Darling_Buck/FTSGSlgv">Carl Darling Buck</a> some sixty years previously. </p><p>Andrew's brother <a href="/facts/William_W._Sihler/zF8zbxBD">William W. Sihler</a> is a professor of finance in the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The Sihler brothers are the grandnephews of <a href="/facts/Ernest_Gottlieb_Sihler/r7h7cCAz">Ernest Gottlieb Sihler</a> and great-grandsons of <a href="/facts/Wilhelm_Sihler/a16pxD4z">Wilhelm Sihler</a>. Gottlieb was a <a href="/facts/Classical_studies/CXF1ltbH">classics scholar</a> whose works show little interest in historical linguistics.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> Wilhelm's university training was in philosophy, though he early was drawn to theology instead. He published short works on a variety of subjects.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="major-works">Major works</h2> <ul><li><i>New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin</i> (Oxford University Press, 1995; <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-19-508345-8)</li> <li><i>Language History: An Introduction</i> (John Benjamins, 2000; <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 1-55619-969-4)</li> <li><i>Edgerton's Law: The Phantom Evidence</i> (Carl Winter, 2006; <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 3-8253-5167-X)</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Olsen, Birgit Anette (2004). Indo-European word formation: proceedings of the conference held at the University of Copenhagen, October 20th - 22nd 2000. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 193–. ISBN 978-87-7289-821-6. Retrieved 1 June 2011. <a href="978-87-7289-821-6" target="_blank">978-87-7289-821-6</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Andrew Sihler". morebooks.de. 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/andrew-sihler/isbn/978-613-7-32359-5" target="_blank">https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/andrew-sihler/isbn/978-613-7-32359-5</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>A. Sihler (2006). "Edgerton's Law: The Phantom Evidence". Universitätsverlag Winter. Retrieved 2024-02-01. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Edgertons-Law-Indogermanische-Bibliothek-Untersuchungen/dp/382535167X/" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Edgertons-Law-Indogermanische-Bibliothek-Untersuchungen/dp/382535167X/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"William W. Sihler". Darden School of Business. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://www.darden.virginia.edu/faculty-research/directory/william-w-sihler/" target="_blank">https://www.darden.virginia.edu/faculty-research/directory/william-w-sihler/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Gordon, Laura. "Sihler, Ernest Gottlieb". Database of Classical Scholars – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9120-sihler-ernest-gottlieb" target="_blank">https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/9120-sihler-ernest-gottlieb</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Bente, F. American Lutheranism, Volume I St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House. 1919, 116, Retrieved 2022-01-30. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=A4oSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA116" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=A4oSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA116</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>