i-iv -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Tables -- Figures -- Introduction -- Part 1. Parameters of interpersonal grammar in the simple clause -- Introduction to Part 1 -- Chapter 1. Modality: Construing a position -- Chapter 2. Speech Function: Assigning responsibility -- Chapter 3. Focus and scope: Delineating a domain -- Part 2. Interpersonal grammar and clause combining -- Introduction to Part 2 -- Chapter 4. Parameters of interpersonal grammar and the analysis of clause combining -- Chapter 5. Combining the parameters: A typology -- Chapter 6. Motivating the typology: Function -- Chapter 7. Motivating the typology: Grammar -- Chapter 8. Motivating the typology: Semantics -- Part 3. Applications and implications -- Introduction to Part 3 -- Chapter 9. Speaker-related versus SoA-related interpretations -- Chapter 10. Initial and final position -- Chapter 11. Typological outlook -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Subject index -- Author index