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Terryl L. Givens

1 speech between 2005 and 2005, mostly as BYU faculty. 6,270 words in the transcripts.

Speeches
1
2005
Words
6,270
in the transcripts
Reading grade
13.7
Flesch–Kincaid, average
Scriptures cited
10
10.0 per speech
Callings
BYU faculty
1 speeches
Leadership record
—
not a General Authority or officer on record

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.

  • joseph 54
  • certainty 10
  • human 23
  • deity 6
  • edwards 5
  • religion 14
  • nature 12
  • christian 9
  • pratt 5
  • wrote 12
  • smith 18
  • revelation 14

Scriptures cited most

  • Doctrine and Covenants5
  • 1 Nephi3
  • John1
  • 2 Nephi1

Callings when speaking

  • BYU faculty 1

As given in the bylines: Professor of Literature and Religion at the University of Richmond

Every speech

  1. 29 Nov 2005“Lightning Out of Heaven”: Joseph Smith and the Forging of CommunityProfessor of Literature and Religion at the University of Richmond · Forum6,270 w10 refs
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