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On the Mormon Vision of Language: More Powerful Effect

Following the path I started last week in my meditation on Korihor’s curse, this week I explore Alma’s efforts to try the virtue of words.

Your thoughts are welcome in the comments.

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Author tylerchadwickPosted on 11/30/2014Categories Commentary, Idea, Language, Rhetoric, Series, Teaching, Theology, TheoryTags Alma, Book of Mormon, consciousness, evolution, Julian Jaynes, Language, language and the mind, language's influences upon human evolution, Mormon, Mormon Vision of Language, Mormon Vision of Language Series, On the Mormon Vision of Language, Patricia Karamesines, Rhetoric, Zoramites4 Comments on On the Mormon Vision of Language: More Powerful Effect

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