Item Detail
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28855
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2
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English
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A Short Addition to Length : Some Relative Frequencies of Circumstantial Structures
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Journal of Book of Mormon Studies
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1997
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6
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1
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Provo, UT
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Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship
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39-46
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"In previous articles I have discussed the nature and prominence of certain linguistic structures in the Book of Mormon that are typical of hal-clauses translated from Hebrew or Egyptian. This article compares the frequencies of those structures in three works produced through the instrumentality of Joseph Smith: the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, only the first of which is a translation from an ancient Near Eastern language. The results of this preliminary investigation into styles and these linguistic structures as found in these three works are worth noting." [abstract provided]