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Brent L. Top
2 speeches between 1997 and 2010, mostly as BYU leadership. 16,643 words in the transcripts.
Speeches
2
1997–2010
Words
16,643
in the transcripts
Reading grade
9.4
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
32
16.0 per speech
Callings
BYU leadership
also BYU faculty
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record
Speeches by year
19972010
Signature phrases
Words and two-word phrases this speaker uses far more than the rest of the corpus, by weighted log-odds. Stop words, names of deity and the ordinary vocabulary of a sermon are excluded.
- spirit world 50
- pioneers 34
- takes faith 32
- death 59
- ephraim 14
- pond 13
- spirits 28
- president young 14
- wagon 16
- veil 18
- jedediah 10
- hanks 9
Scriptures cited most
- Doctrine and Covenants13
- Alma5
- Matthew3
- Mosiah2
- Revelation2
- Isaiah1
- 1 Corinthians1
- Ruth1
Callings when speaking
- BYU leadership 1
- BYU faculty 1
As given in the bylines: Professor of Church History and Doctrine · Associate Dean of Religious Education
Every speech
- 22 Jul 1997It Still Takes FaithAssociate Dean of Religious Education · Devotional7,188 w15 refs
- 18 Aug 2010What Is This Thing That Men Call Death? Latter-day Saint Teachings About the Spirit WorldProfessor of Church History and Doctrine · Devotional9,455 w17 refs