This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 14 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: (1) the effect of dialect variation on second grade students' perception of phoneme-grapheme correspondence; (2) communication rules and perceived outcomes within and between domestic culture groups; (3) the attitudes toward reading expressed by students in Poland and the United States; (4) the effects of highly valued rewards on intrinsic interest in reading in black third grade children; (5) intercultural communication between Native American and Anglo-American college students; (6) the reading preferences of elementary school children of varying socioeconomic levels as indicated by school library circulation records; (7) the perceptual impact of basic communication fidelity and nationality upon selected group interaction variables; (8) the influence of communication on black children's self concept; (9) factors relative to reading achievement of black and of white students in a rural desegregated setting; (10) the use of figurative devices in aiding comprehension for speakers of black English; (11) the relationships between phonetic awareness and reading acquisition; (12) the effects of cultural schemata on the reading comprehension of average sixth grade readers. (FL)