Argues that sentences in the "have a V" frame are not idiosyncratic, but exhibit orderly and systematic behavior and are governed by strict semantic rules. Discusses 10 subtypes, each with a slightly different semantic formula. (EKN)

A number of experimental tasks were conducted in which subjects were asked to interpret and create novel noun-noun compounds. Results indicate that semantic relationships that hold between members of these compounds cannot be characterized in terms of a finite list of appropriate compounding relationships. (CHK)

The article represents the Presidential Address delivered at the Golden Anniversary meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in New York, 29 December 1974. The question of how to do linguistics is raised. Specific tactics are recommended, but it is stated that a procedure for discovering solutions to linguistic problems is lacking. (CLK)