Wanda Torres Gregory is professor and chair of philosophy at Simmons College.

Introduction: The Question Concerning Language
Part One: Steps in the Path of Logos
Chapter One: Interpreting Logos
Chapter Two: The Pure Logos: 1912-1916
Chapter Three: The Living Logos: 1919-1933
Chapter Four: The Appropriating Logos: 1934-1972
Part Two: Constants and Changes of Language as Ph¿n¿
Chapter Five: Means and Realms
Chapter Six: Linguistic Structures
Chapter Seven: Semantics
Chapter Eight: Truth and Language
Conclusion: Problems Underway to the Essence of Language
The Problem of Wesen
The Problem of Sprache
Toward an Alternative Model of Sprache

This book analyzes and compares the different concepts that Heidegger developed about language over his career, reflects critically on his idea of the mysterious language of Er-eignis, and offers an alternative model of the appropriating force of language.