Hi, I’m Yuka and I’m currently a PhD student in Linguistics at the University of Pavia in Italy.

My PhD research is focused on how musical training and experience influence L2 perceptual learning of Japanese pitch accent.

My general research interests

SLA: prosody and individual differences

Problems and difficulties of translation

Speech perception and production

Language revitalization (of the Ladin language)

Recent Publications & Presentations

Does musical training influence perceptual learning of Japanese pitch accent? The case of native Italian speakers

The residence permit: The first language obstacle for foreigners

Calvino’s phraseology in Japanese:
the case of Mapputattsu no shishaku