definitions?

[Mao]

yay finally this forum has activity

some help plz

1. What is the difference between stress, pitch and intonation?? they're much much the sameness to me 

2. open and closed class words??

3. collocations?


thnx =)

[cara.mel]

1.
Stress: putting *emphasis* on certain words
Pitch: Whether you talk in a squeaky high girly voice or a nice manly one
Intonation: how your pitch goes up/down as you talk (note that aussies speak in a monotone pretty much, so this only really applies at the end of sentences when you ask questions, make a statement, tell a story (HRT-you'll learn that) when it rises/falls)

2. Open class words readily accept new members, eg nouns, verbs, adjectives all fall under this
Closed class words don't get new words/change too often, eg pronouns, conjunctions, prepositions. If these changed too quickly you'd have trouble understanding english.

3. Not 100% sure any more (grr, 100 things you learn in unit 4 you instantly forget). My definition I found in easy words: "2 words that often occur together as part of a set phrase" (although it could be more than 2, *slaps self*) Definition I found in handout "Collocations are combinations of function and content words that frequently occur together". Egs from handout I found: salt and pepper, blue-eyed blonde o_O
If it helps, co-location

[Mao]

thnx

and another one:

does morphology include change in spelling?? (or just creation of words?)

[cara.mel]

Pfft, you should have prodded me or something so I knew of this other post

Don't take this answer as being right, because I am not sure. I think both of those fall under the banner of just changes to the lexicon (which I have forgotten the -ology word for it, maybe lexicology? =/) Which of course are influenced by morphology, and phonology as well

[Mao]

its lexicology, lol

thanks heaps

ps: i found out what collocations are, they're like idioms except they dont carry a connotation (if that made sense at all)
i.e. dictionary meaning phrases xD