Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2003 The ab rdic utterance in situation comedy theme songs, 1960-2000 Joni Melissa Butcher Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Speech and Rhetorical Studies Commons Recommended Citation Butcher, Joni Melissa, "The ab rdic utterance in situation comedy theme songs, 1960-2000" (2003). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3403. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3403 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. THE BARDIC UTTERANCE IN SITUATION COMEDY THEME SONGS, 1960-2000 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agriculture and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Department of Communication Studies by Joni M. Butcher B.A., Louisiana State University, 1990 M.A., Louisiana State University, 1994 December 2003 © Copyright 2003 Joni M. Butcher All rights reserved ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank Dr. Ruth Laurion Bowman for her enthusiasm for my study and for her tremendous sacrifice of time and energy to make this study possible. I am greatly indebted to her for helping me bring this study to fruition. I would also like to thank my committee members Dr. Michael Bowman, F.