การแปรของการออกเสียงพยัญชนะต้นเสียงนาสิก เพดานแข็ง [n] ในภาษาไทยถิ่นเหนือตามปัจจัยทางสังคม ; Variation of Pronunciation of the Initial Consonant [n] in Northern Thai Dialect by Social Factors

Abstract

This paper aims to study variation in the pronunciation of initial consonant /J/ in the Northern Thai dialect based on two styles of language: interview which represent the informal style and minimal pair reading which represent the formal style. The data were collected from 20 informants who use the northern Thai dialect as a native language. The informants, both male and female, divided in to age group of 15–20 and 40-55. Those groups of age are the representative of new generation and rather old generation. The results show that there are 2 variants the initial consonant /J/ in the Northern Thai dialect: [J] and [j]. The style, age and gender have an effect on pronunciation of informant.