Code mixing in Lanna Thai: the mixture of Northern Thai dialects ...

4) Negators behave differently, using by moreconscious, ‘bor’ is very strong.• [bor] is very consistently used by NT people.• [mai] is only found in an outlier who might perform inaccordance with the BKK Thai dialect.• Thus, the characteristic and the distribution ofvariation of negators are different from phonologicalfeatures. They might be employed by during moreconscious rather than less conscious speech, likephonological features.• Grammatical variables, have traditionally been viewedas features which mark social differences moredramatically than phonological ones. (Chambers 2003:57 cited in Tagliamote, 2005: 205).39