This collection of abstracts is part of a series providing continuing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 23 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the rhetoric of scientific controversy; (2) Erving Goffman's interactional theory of communication conduct; (3) a phenomenology of feminism; (4) a schematization of poetical, rhetorical, and poetical-rhetorical discourse; (5) perceptions of others' opinions as public opinion and its relationship to communication in the neighborhood; (6) an action assembly theory; (7) Mihailo Markovic's philosophy of dialectical praxis; (8) a semiotic theory of communication; (9) meaning structures in human communication; (10) conversational narratives; (11) the language component of terrorism strategy; (12) the theory, practice, and rhetoric of loyalty; (13) intercultural communication in the age of technology; (14) the structure and function of implicit theories of communicative competence; and (15) Richard M. Weaver's theory of ethical public speaking. (FL)