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It is well-known that L1 phonology transfers to L2 production. Lateralization and nasalization, two of the most distinctive phonological processes in Korean, are commonly transferred to production of English coronal sonorant sequences. This study examines how age and gender variables affect the transfer of the two Korean phonological processes to English. Results indicate that unlike native speakers of English, Korean participants either nasalized or lateralized those English sequences as expected. Specifically, when /nl/ sequences appeared in Korean compound words, participants in their teenage years showed a stronger tendency toward lateralization than toward nasalization, while those in their forties showed the opposite tendency. Such different patterns of lateralization and nasalization between ages were also transferred to English in a similar manner. In addition, in comparison between the gender groups, nasalization was prominent in male subjects, whereas lateralization was salient in female subjects. Importantly, such a tendency is also transferred to English production in a consistent way