%0 Journal Article
%T Production and identification of English word-final nasal consonants by Brazilian EFL learners
%A Denise Cristina Kluge
%A Barbara Oughton Baptista
%J Ilha do Desterro
%D 2010
%I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
%X This preliminary study aims at investigating the production and perception of the English nasals /m/ and /n/ in word-final position by a group of 10 intermediate Brazilian EFL learners. Production data was collected by means of a Sentence Reading Test considering preceding vowel as phonological context. Perception was assessed by means of an identification test contrasting native-like vs. nonnative-like pronunciation of the target nasal consonants. The results from production suggest that the lack of fully realized word-final nasals in Brazilian Portuguese influenced the Brazilian learners¡¯ production, as they frequently nasalized the preceding vowel and deleted the following nasal consonant. The results from the identification test revealed that it was easier for the participants to identify the native-like realization of English word-final nasals when it was presented in contrast to the nonnative-like realization.
%K Perception
%K Production
%K Nasal Consonants
%U http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/16301