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Hyams, Nina – 1987
Outside the core grammar, the set of "peripheral" or marked properties of a language include exceptions or relaxations of the settings of core grammar and the idiosyncratic features of the language governed by particular lexical items. The core/peripheral distinction has direct implications for grammatical development in children. The…
Descriptors: Child Language, Difficulty Level, Error Patterns, Language Acquisition