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Phonetics, phonology, prosodics: how speech sounds and effects are articulated and analysed
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lexis and semantics: the vocabulary of English, including social and historical variation
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grammar including morphology: the structural patterns and shapes of English at sentence, clause, phrase and word level
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pragmatics: the contextual aspects of language use
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discourse: extended stretches of communication occurring in different genres, modes and contexts.