Item Detail
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27028
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English
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Absence of "Joseph Smith" in the Book of Mormon : Lack of the Name Letter Effect in Nephite, Lamanite, and Jaredite Names
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Religious Educator
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2016
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17
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Provo, UT
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Religious Studies Center, BYU
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37-55
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Although some authors of fiction attempt to hide their real names by publishing their work under pseudonyms, the letters and sounds they consciously select for the names of their characters often reveal the author's true identity. Since 1985, research has explored the name letter effect--the preference people show for the letters and sounds (especially initial sounds) in their own names... The purpose of this study was to examine the unique names in the Book of Mormon for the consonants and vowels present in the name Joseph Smith... Similar analysis showed that the sound correspondences in the names Sidney Rigdon, Parley Pratt, Oliver Cowdery, Ethan Smith, and Solomon Spalding (individuals proposed as Book of Mormon authors) were different than correspondences with Joseph Smith in the unique names of the Book of Mormon, but not enough to identify any as a possible author based on name letter effect. [From the article]
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