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In:Italo-Romance Heritage Languages: Multiple approaches
Edited by Eugenio Goria and Margherita Di Salvo
[Studies in Bilingualism 68] 2025
► pp. 1–7

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Preface

Multiple approaches to Italo-Romance heritage languages

 | University of Turin
 | University Federico II, Naples
Published online: 11 September 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.68.01gor
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  • 1.Old and new perspectives on Italo-Romance heritage languages
  • 2.The contributions in this volume
  • References
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