This book is a compilation of the research papers on language, linguistics, applied linguistics originally written by Prof. Chilukuri Bhuvaneswar as well as the scholars associated with him. Both Prof. Bhuvaneswar and his scholars have made very brilliant and ground breaking efforts developing a fresh and scientific approach to the study of language, linguistics and applied linguistics using the tenets of ka:rmik linguistic theory.

This book is an outcome of an in-depth field research in the State of Odisha, India relating to the problems associated with the English speaking skills of the learners in Odia medium schools. The book comprehensively deals with the problems of segmental and suprasegmental, morphophonemics, and fluency features of English speaking skills in Odisha on the basis of data obtained adopting the linguistic and applied linguistic research methods. It also deals with psychological, socio-cultural and pedagogical factors in the research process. Finally, it gives a set of viable recommendations for...