Perception of palatalization contrasts in child heritage speakers of Russian in Italy

Some phonological contrasts are systematically harder to acquire in a second language even beyond the eff ects of fi rst-language transfer, although how to formalize their diffi culty remains an open question. 

The study I am conducting with Anna Menukhova (independent researcher) and Irene Gassino (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) investigates the perception in two groups of children aged 6–12: monolinguals residing in Russia, and heritage speakers of Russian whose dominant societal language (including schooling) is Italian.

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