Author Date

2025-02-07

Degree Name

Department

Linguistics

College

Humanities

Defense Date

2025-02-28

Publication Date

2025-03-12

First Faculty Advisor

Jeffrey Green

First Faculty Reader

Grant Eckstein

Honors Coordinator

Holly Baker

Keywords

Dyslexia, Format, Book of Mormon

Abstract

This thesis appears in two parts. The first is a 135-page project where I have implemented features and practices to aid the readability of the Book of Mormon for individuals with dyslexia. The second part of this thesis is an analysis where I present a brief literature review of dyslexia and my method of applying these features and practices to a section of the English Book of Mormon, namely, the twenty-two chapters that comprise 1 Nephi. This project is not intended to present a format that will aid all individuals with dyslexia, nor is this project a complete, finished work—it is, after all, only the first twenty-two chapters. The purpose of this project is to show methods of a way (though not every way) to address difficulties in reading that may arise from having dyslexia.