Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Outline of this book -- 1. Linguistic choice and the construction of meaning -- 2. Variable grammar: the continuum of syntactic functions -- 3. The first and second persons: discourse in grammar -- 4. The singular first person: the speaker -- 5. The plural first person: more than the speaker -- 6. The singular second person: the addressee -- 7. The plural second person: the audience -- 8. The displaced second persons: addressees and audiences far away -- 9. The construction of style across textual genres -- 10. The construction of style across participant identities -- 11. Conclusions -- 12. References -- Appendices