Style shifting in Balinese dialogue: a discourse based study

This study aims at investigating the use of speech levels in Balinese dialogues. The data were taken from two types of discourse (j.e. spoken and written) representing three different situations (the use of speech levels based on caste distinction, the use of speech levels in 'everyday life' settings, and the use of speech levels in modern life settings). The findings firstly support the idea of unplanned and planned that are usually correlated with spoken and written discourse; and secondly reveal that the norms of using the speech levels are not applied purely in modern Society