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THE USE OF INSULTS IN GHANAIAN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS By EMMANUEL AMO OFORI A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2015 1 © 2015 Emmanuel Amo Ofori 2 To my mother, siblings, wife and children 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Ebenezer, this is how far the Lord has brought me! I am extremely grateful to the Almighty God for giving me the strength and the ideas to come out with this dissertation, glory be unto His Holy name, Amen! I want to express my profound gratitude to my chair and co-chair, Professor Diana Boxer and Professor Fiona McLaughlin for their immense contribution to the realization of this dream (dissertation). I am indebted to them for their suggestions, comments, encouragement, inspiration, motivation and criticism in making this dissertation a reality. I also want to thank my committee member, Professor James Essegbey for his direction and guidance from the inception of this work until the end. I am really grateful to him for his contribution and encouragement in making this dissertation a rewarding learning experience. God richly bless you. To my external member, Professor Daniel Smith, I say thank you very much for you comments, directions and feedback. I am extremely grateful to my wife, Henrietta Gyamaa Ofori and my two children, Adom Akua Addai Ofori and Aseda Kwadwo Ofori-Atta for their love, sacrifice and support, without them there was no way this work could have ever been achieved. To my entire family, thank you for your unwavering support for me from childhood up to this time, especially my sweet mother, Madam Margaret Adwoa Addai for financing my education as a single mother, God richly bless you mum, your effort will never be in vain.
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