{"id":478,"date":"2017-03-21T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/?guid=dc873a5d62afbcea6c2efde5e230151c"},"modified":"2017-05-23T22:48:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T22:48:49","slug":"discover-language-culture-in-alloway-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2017\/03\/21\/discover-language-culture-in-alloway-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Language &amp; Culture in Alloway Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/\">Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;verdana&quot; , &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canil.ca\/\">)<\/a> is hosting a Language &amp; Culture Discovery display on the main level of Alloway library this week.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 12px; margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 12px; margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<ul style=\"background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 12px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 10px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/discover-linguistics-web-photo-Mobile.jpg?ssl=1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.canil.ca\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/discover-linguistics-web-photo-Mobile.jpg?resize=191%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"191\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Do you like solving puzzles? Playing with languages? Challenge yourself with&nbsp;our linguistic quizzes!<\/span><\/li>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Check out the Ethnologue &#8211; catalogue of languages&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">See and hear printed Scriptures in various languages<\/span><\/li>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Plus browse many other <a href=\"http:\/\/library.canil.ca\/4dcgi\/gen_2002\/Lang=Def\">CanIL Library<\/a> resources (textbooks, atlases, dictionaries)<\/span><\/li>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 10px; padding: 0px;\"><\/div>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 5px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">For Non-LING Majors at TWU, find out how you can receive $500 to try a linguistics course!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #273c82; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 0.85em;\">submitted by&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"mailto:Nelson.Bergen@twu.ca\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6e7db2; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 0.85em; text-decoration: none;\">Nelson Bergen<\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"background-color: white; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, &quot;sans serif&quot;; font-size: 12px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px 10px 0px 17px; padding: 0px;\"><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Institute of Linguistics (CanIL) is hosting a Language &amp; Culture Discovery display on the main level of Alloway library this week.&nbsp;Do you like solving puzzles? 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