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What’s in a Word? The Language of the Scriptures
| Title | What’s in a Word? The Language of the Scriptures |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Hallen, Cynthia L. |
| Journal | Journal of Book of Mormon Studies |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 93-95, 118 |
| Type of Article | What's in a Word? |
| Keywords | Conjunctions; Doctrine; Ellipsis; Etymology; Fragment; Interruption; Language; Parallelism; Parenthesis; Scripture Study; Word Order |
| Abstract | A two-pronged approach to studying the scriptures emphasizes language as well as doctrine. Some typical syntactic structures that appear in 19th-century Book of Mormon English include word-order variation, interruption, parenthesis, ellipsis, fragment, conjunctions, and parallel structure. |
| URL | https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jbms/vol12/iss2/11 |
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Bibliographic Citation
"What’s in a Word? The Language of the Scriptures." Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 12, no. 2 (2003): 93-95, 118.
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