The module addresses current debates within the field of pragmatics from the interdisciplinary perspective of cognitive science, linguistics and the philosophy...

The module addresses current debates within the field of pragmatics from the interdisciplinary perspective of cognitive science, linguistics and the philosophy of language. The specific topics may vary from year to year, but will fall within the following areas: the linguistic underdeterminancy of speaker meaning, the semantics/ pragmatics interface, pragmatic processes contributing to truth-conditional content, minimalist versus contextualist semantics, the role of context and the role of speaker intentions, similarities and differences in the aims of semantic theories and communication theories, relevance theory, lexical pragmatics and the nature of word meaning, the role of pragmatics in the interpretation of specific kinds of texts (e.g. legal texts, literary texts).

The main module aims are:

- To expose students to key current debates in pragmatics

- To ensure awareness of the distinction between kinds of utterance comprehension processes (semantic versus pragmatic, and various kinds of pragmatic processes)

- To establish understanding of some of the key theoretical positions in semantics/pragmatics (literalism, minimalism, textualism, contextualism, pragmaticism, relativism).

The main module objectives are:

- Understanding of key current debates in pragmatics

- Appreciation of the interdisciplinary nature of the field

- Grasp of the kinds of cognitive processes involved in utterance comprehension

- Ability to apply different theoretical positions to utterance data.

This module focuses on the principles of pharmaceutical care and the core knowledge and skills required of a general level pharmacy practitioner. The...

This module focuses on the principles of pharmaceutical care and the core knowledge and skills required of a general level pharmacy practitioner. The practitioner is required to apply these to a range of patients reflecting the scope of geenral pharmacy practice. In order to achieve this, practitioners will be required to apply a range of clinical and scientific knowledge to solve common, medication related, problems. Drug therapy for a number of common diseases states and associated surgical conditions will have to be explored and evaluated. This will require an understanding of the current treatment options, including the current evidence base, available to manage these conditions. A particular emphasis will be placed on minimising the risk assocaited with medication use. This module incorporates the first stages of the pharmacist prescriber training pathway.

Practitioners are expected to spend atleast 600 learning hours studying for this 60 credit module. This includes learning sets, assessment, work-based activities and private study. There are three elements to the programme: academic, work based assessment.