This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 12 titles deal with the following topics: a transformational analysis of syntax in tenth-grade writing; the relationship between inner-city fifth graders' reading comprehension and writing achievement; the relationship of the quality of students' written language, productivity of writing, and reading comprehension in grades four and six; an analysis of six sequence signals of English discourse; a study of the relationship between field dependence/independence, locus of control, hemispheric localization, and variations in the occurrence of syntactic classes in written language; the management and comprehension of discourse connection by pronouns in English; an analytical study of essays written by nominees in the communicative arts for the governor's honors program in Georgia; the relationship between cognitive style and creative writing in children; a description of the composing acts of college freshmen writers; a description and two case studies of the composing acts of college freshmen writers; an analytical study of the relationship of tenth graders' reading and writing abilities; and the deep structure of the paragraph and the discourse. (FL)