Tense, mood and aspect and the Deixis Ordering Principle

French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar
Syea, A. 2017. French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar. Oxford; New York Routledge.

Syntax of Mauritian Creole
Syea, A. 2013. Syntax of Mauritian Creole. London Continuum.

Serial verb constructions in the Indian Ocean Creoles (IOCs): substrate, universal or an independent diachronic development?
Syea, A. 2013. Serial verb constructions in the Indian Ocean Creoles (IOCs): substrate, universal or an independent diachronic development? Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 28 (1), pp. 13-64. https://doi.org/10.1075/jpcl.28.1.02sye

On the structure and development of Saxon-type genitives in Mauritian Creole and the processes of creole formation
Syea, A. 2013. On the structure and development of Saxon-type genitives in Mauritian Creole and the processes of creole formation. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: international journal of linguistics. 45 (1), pp. 1-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/03740463.2013.855508

Double object constructions in Maurtian Creole and their distribution in creole languages: a convergent solution
Syea, A. 2011. Double object constructions in Maurtian Creole and their distribution in creole languages: a convergent solution. in: Ihemere, K. (ed.) Language contact and language shift: grammatical and sociolinguistic perspectives Munich, Germany Lincom Europa Academic Publishers. pp. 106-137

Book review: Review of Noun Phrases in Creole Languages: a multi-faceted approach (eds) Marlyse Baptista and Jacqueline Gueron
Syea, A. 2009. Book review: Review of Noun Phrases in Creole Languages: a multi-faceted approach (eds) Marlyse Baptista and Jacqueline Gueron. Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages. 24 (1), pp. 193-198.

Oblique subjects in contact languages and the nature of emergent grammars
Syea, A. 2009. Oblique subjects in contact languages and the nature of emergent grammars. Linguistics. 47 (1), pp. 65-101. https://doi.org/10.1515/LING.2009.003

The development of the noun phrase in Mauritian Creole
Syea, A. 2007. The development of the noun phrase in Mauritian Creole. in: Baker, P. and Sing, G.F. (ed.) The making of Mauritian Creole London, UK Battlebridge.

Oblique subjects in contact languages and the nature of emergent grammars
Syea, A. 2007. Oblique subjects in contact languages and the nature of emergent grammars. Creolica.

Future developments in Creole languages: moving away from analyticity
Syea, A. 2002. Future developments in Creole languages: moving away from analyticity. in: Gilbert, G. (ed.) Pidgin and Creole linguistics in the twenty-first century New York, USA Peter Lang.

Les prenoms et l'absence de prenoms clitiques en Creole Mauricien
Syea, A. 2000. Les prenoms et l'absence de prenoms clitiques en Creole Mauricien. in: Veronique, D. (ed.) Syntaxe des langues creoles Paris, France Larousse.

Non-nominative subjects in early St. Kitt Creole
Syea, A. 1999. Non-nominative subjects in early St. Kitt Creole. in: Baker, P. and Bruyn, A. (ed.) St. Kitts and the Atlantic Creoles: the texts of Samuel Augustus Mathews in perspective London, UK University of Westminster Press.

Copula, WH-trace and the ECP in Mauritian Creole
Syea, A. 1997. Copula, WH-trace and the ECP in Mauritian Creole. Linguistics. 35.

The development of a marker of definiteness in Mauritian Creole
Syea, A. 1996. The development of a marker of definiteness in Mauritian Creole. in: Baker, P. and Syea, A. (ed.) Changing meanings, changing functions: papers relating to grammaticalization in contact languages London, UK University of Westminster Press.

The development of genitives in Mauritian Creole
Syea, A. 1994. The development of genitives in Mauritian Creole. in: Adone, D. and Plag, I. (ed.) Creolization and language change Tübingen, Germany Niemeyer.

Null subject in Mauritian Creole and the pro-drop parameter
Syea, A. 1993. Null subject in Mauritian Creole and the pro-drop parameter. in: Byrne, F. and Holm, J. (ed.) Atlantic meets Pacific: a global view of pidginization and creolization Amsterdam, Netherlands Benjamins.

The short and long form of verbs in Mauritian Creole: functionalism versus formalism
Syea, A. 1992. The short and long form of verbs in Mauritian Creole: functionalism versus formalism. Theoretical Linguistics. 18 (31-32).

On the copula in Mauritian Creole, past and present
Baker, P. and Syea, A. 1991. On the copula in Mauritian Creole, past and present. in: Byrne, F. and Huebner, T. (ed.) Development and structures of Creole languages Amsterdam, Netherlands John Benjamins.