1. Abbreviations & transcription symbols; 2. Acknowledgements; 3. Introduction: Grammar from the human perspective (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa); 4. An introduction to Finnish spatial relations: Local cases and adpositions (by Huumo, Tuomas); 5. Part I: Space and location; 6. Spatial axes in language and conceptualisation: The case of bidirectional constructions (by Ojutkangas, Krista); 7. "I woke up from the sofa": Subjective directionality in Finnish expressions of a spatio-cognitive transfer (by Huumo, Tuomas); 8. Metonymy in locatives of state (by Onikki-Rantajaasko, Tiina); 9. Part II: The human perspective; 10. Body part names and grammaticalization (by Suutari, Toni); 11. On distinguishing between 'recipient' and 'beneficiary' in Finnish (by Kittila, Seppo); 12. Oblique mentions of human referents in Finnish conversation: The effects of prominence in discourse and grammar (by Laury, Ritva); 13. Part III: Person; 14. Person in Finnish: Paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations in interaction (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa); 15. Zero person in Finnish: A grammatical resource for construing human reference (by Laitinen, Lea); 16. Passive - personal or impersonal?: A Finnish perspective (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa); 17. References; 18. Index of terms