RICHARD L. CONVILLE is Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Southern Mississippi.L. EDNA ROGERS is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.

• Introduction Ants to Elephants: A Comparative Perspective on the Meaning of Relationship by Jo Liska Historical Frames of Relational Perspectives by John Stewart Relationships and Communication: A Social Communication and Strongly Consequential View by Stuart J. Sigman The Meaning of Relationship in Relational Communication by L. Edna Rogers Giddens' Conception of Personal Relationships and Its Relevance to Communication Theory by Robert D. McPhee "But I Thought That We Were More Than Error Variance": Application of the Social Relations Model to Personal Relationships by Sandra Metts Narrative, Dialectic and Relationships by Richard L. Conville Making Meanings with Friends by William K. Rawlins References Index

RICHARD L. CONVILLE is Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Southern Mississippi.L. EDNA ROGERS is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.

• Introduction Ants to Elephants: A Comparative Perspective on the Meaning of Relationship by Jo Liska Historical Frames of Relational Perspectives by John Stewart Relationships and Communication: A Social Communication and Strongly Consequential View by Stuart J. Sigman The Meaning of Relationship in Relational Communication by L. Edna Rogers Giddens' Conception of Personal Relationships and Its Relevance to Communication Theory by Robert D. McPhee "But I Thought That We Were More Than Error Variance": Application of the Social Relations Model to Personal Relationships by Sandra Metts Narrative, Dialectic and Relationships by Richard L. Conville Making Meanings with Friends by William K. Rawlins References Index

RICHARD L. CONVILLE is Professor in the Department of Speech Communication at the University of Southern Mississippi.L. EDNA ROGERS is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.

• Introduction Ants to Elephants: A Comparative Perspective on the Meaning of Relationship by Jo Liska Historical Frames of Relational Perspectives by John Stewart Relationships and Communication: A Social Communication and Strongly Consequential View by Stuart J. Sigman The Meaning of Relationship in Relational Communication by L. Edna Rogers Giddens' Conception of Personal Relationships and Its Relevance to Communication Theory by Robert D. McPhee "But I Thought That We Were More Than Error Variance": Application of the Social Relations Model to Personal Relationships by Sandra Metts Narrative, Dialectic and Relationships by Richard L. Conville Making Meanings with Friends by William K. Rawlins References Index