Anand Syea is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Westminster, UK, and is co-editor (with Dr Philip Baker) of Changing Meanings, Changing Functions: Papers relating to grammaticalization in contact languages (1996).

• 1. Introduction2. Overview of the grammar of Mauritian Creole3. The structure of clauses4. The structure of noun phrases5. The syntax of tense, mood and aspect markers6. The syntax of negation7. Verb complementation and the structure of verb phrases8. The structure of complementizer phrasesNotesBibliographyIndex

Anand Syea's book, the result of over twenty years of research, has everything one could wish for: abundant and reliable examples, a firm but accessible theoretical foundation, a transparent structure and line of argumentation.

Anand Syea is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Westminster, UK, and is co-editor (with Dr Philip Baker) of Changing Meanings, Changing Functions: Papers relating to grammaticalization in contact languages (1996).

• 1. Introduction2. Overview of the grammar of Mauritian Creole3. The structure of clauses4. The structure of noun phrases5. The syntax of tense, mood and aspect markers6. The syntax of negation7. Verb complementation and the structure of verb phrases8. The structure of complementizer phrasesNotesBibliographyIndex

Anand Syea's book, the result of over twenty years of research, has everything one could wish for: abundant and reliable examples, a firm but accessible theoretical foundation, a transparent structure and line of argumentation.

Anand Syea is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Westminster, UK, and is co-editor (with Dr Philip Baker) of Changing Meanings, Changing Functions: Papers relating to grammaticalization in contact languages (1996).

• 1. Introduction2. Overview of the grammar of Mauritian Creole3. The structure of clauses4. The structure of noun phrases5. The syntax of tense, mood and aspect markers6. The syntax of negation7. Verb complementation and the structure of verb phrases8. The structure of complementizer phrasesNotesBibliographyIndex

Anand Syea's book, the result of over twenty years of research, has everything one could wish for: abundant and reliable examples, a firm but accessible theoretical foundation, a transparent structure and line of argumentation.