Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- I. Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification -- 1. Three types of subjectivity, three types of intersubjectivity, their dynamicization and a synthesis -- 2. Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification: The case of the Swedish modals må and måtte -- 3. The French comparative modal constructions faire mieux de, valoir mieux and falloir mieux -- 4. Discourse continuity and the written medium: Continuative relative clauses in the history of Dutch -- 5. From verb of saying to discourse marker in Southern Min: (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization -- 6. The subjective and intersubjective uses of "fail to" and "not fail to" -- II. Grammaticalization and directionality -- 7. Paths of grammaticalization of Early Latin per/per-: A cognitive hypothesis -- 8. Grammaticalization of the English adverbial subordinator in order that -- 9. What happens after grammaticalization? Post-grammaticalization processes in the area of modality -- 10. Can a language be forced? The case of Estonian -- 11. Historical replication in contact grammaticalization -- 12. External possessors in West Germanic and Romance: Differential speed in the drift toward NP configurationality -- Index