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PERCEPTION OF QUÉBEC FRENCH NASAL VOWELS BY BRAZILIAN LEARNERS: A PILOT STUDY

This pilot study aims at comparing the phonetic structure of Quebec French (QF) and Brazilian Portuguese (BP) nasal vowels and at assessing the perception of QF nasal vowels by BP learners. It is shown that the structure of the phonetic systems of these vowels is different in QF and BP, and hence has an influence on the cross-linguistic perception (identification) of QF nasal vowels. More specifically BP speakers often misidentify QF [ œ ], [ a] and [ ẽ], probably because of the organization of their native perceptual magnets for nasal vowels.