Table of contents

Acknowledgments

Hubert Cuyckens, Lobke Ghesquière and Daniël Van Olmen

Introduction

IGrammaticalization and (inter)subjectification

Heiko Narrog

1Three types of subjectivity, three types of intersubjectivity, their dynamicization and a synthesis

Karin Beijering

2Grammaticalization and (inter)subjectification: The case of the Swedish modals and måtte

Adeline Patard and Johan van der Auwera

3The French comparative modal constructions faire mieux de, valoir mieux and falloir mieux

Gijsbert Rutten and Marijke van der Wal

4Discourse continuity and the written medium: Continuative relative clauses in the history of Dutch

Hilary Chappell

5From verb of saying to discourse marker in Southern Min: (Inter)subjectification and grammaticalization

Thomas Egan

6The subjective and intersubjective uses of fail toandnot fail to

IIGrammaticalization and directionality

Luisa Brucale and Egle Mocciaro

7Paths of grammaticalization of the Early Latin per/per-: A cognitive hypothesis

Andrzej M. Łęcki and Jerzy Nykiel

8Grammaticalization of the English adverbial subordinator in order that

Björn Hansen

9What happens after grammaticalization? Post-grammaticalization processes in the area of modality

Helle Metslang

10Can a language be forced? The case of Estonian

Debra Ziegeler

11Historical replication in contact grammaticalization

Freek Van de Velde and Béatrice Lamiroy

12External possessors in West Germanic and Romance: Differential speed in the drift toward NP configurationality

Index