This book is a systematic and historical exploration of the philosophical significance of grammar. It looks at the sustained philosophical reflection on the nature of grammar that was so evident at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Introduction: Proposition and World Richard Gaskin 1. Frege and the grammar of truth Richard Mendelsohn 2. Categories, constructions and congruence: Husserl's tactics of meaning Peter Simons 3. Logical form, general sentences, and Russell's path to 'on denoting' James Levine 4. Grammar, ontology, and truth in Russell and Bradley Stewart Candlish 5. A few more remarks on logical form Alex Oliver 6. Logical syntax in the Tractatus Ian Proops 7. Wittgenstein on grammar, meaning and essence Bede Rundle 8. Nonsense and necessity in Wittgenstein's Mature Philosophy Richard Gaskin 9. Carnap's logical syntax Gary Ebbs 10. Heidegger and the grammar of being Graham Priest