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The Scalp of Your Head: Polysemy in Alma 44:14–18 - Matthew L. Bowen

May 27, 2016

The fear that Moroni’s soldier’s speech (Alma 44:14) aroused in the Lamanite soldiers and the intensity of Zerahemnah’s subsequently redoubled anger are best explained by the polysemy (i.e., multiple meanings within a lexeme’s range of meaning) of a si...