THIS STUDY WAS CONCERNED WITH THE SYNTACTIC RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN WHICH ASSOCIATIVELY RELATED AND ASSOCIATIVELY UNRELATED NOUNS APPEAR IN SENTENCE PRODUCTIONS. TWENTY SS (SUBJECTS) WERE ASKED TO WRITE SENTENCES THAT CONTAINED FOUR NOUNS. THE HIGH ASSOCIATION (HA) SS WERE GIVEN GROUPS OF ASSOCIATIVELY RELATED NOUNS, AND THE LOW ASSOCIATION (LA) SS WERE GIVEN GROUPS OF ASSOCIATIVELY UNRELATED NOUNS. THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT HA NOUNS TEND TO OCCUR AS IDENTICAL CONSTITUENTS OF THE SAME UNDERLYING SENTENCE, WHILE LA NOUNS TEND TO OCCUR IN DIFFERENT UNDERLYING SENTENCES. THESE RESULTS CONFIRMED THE RESULTS OF A PREVIOUS STUDY IN WHICH SS WERE ASKED TO WRITE STORIES THAT INCLUDED EITHER HA OR LA NOUNS. THIS REPORT APPEARS IN "STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR, PROGRESS REPORT V," SEPTEMBER 1, 1967. (AUTHOR/AMM)