Un’analisi sociofonetica della variazione dei suoni rotici in bambini italiani d’età scolare
Abstract
Il presente lavoro indaga la variazione dei foni rotici dell’italiano nelle produzioni di 75 bambini in età scolare (6-10 anni) dell’area di Biella, nel nord-ovest dell’Italia. Essendo i suoni rotici soggetti a un alto grado di variazione, in italiano come in altre lingue, la loro distribuzione e le loro caratteristiche fonetiche sono state prese in considerazione per testare l’influenza di variabili linguistiche e sociolinguistiche, come il contesto fonologico, l’età e il background migratorio delle famiglie dei bambini. I risultati indicano un effetto significativo del contesto e dell’età. In particolare, i pattern di variazione osservati nei bambini più grandi si avvicinano maggiormente a quelli descritti in letteratura per l’italiano di parlanti adulti. Inoltre, i background migratori e, in particolare, le diverse lingue ereditarie (heritage languages) presenti nei repertori dei bambini offrono, nei nostri risultati, una possibile spiegazione per l’alto grado di variabilità osservato, ad esempio, tra soggetti della stessa età.
Parole chiave
Rotiche, italiano, variazione sociofonetica, acquisizione fonologica, lingua infantile, lingue ereditarie, lingua maggioritariaRiferimenti bibliografici
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