SAVOCA SICILY. The Sicilian City of the Godfather, «Cosa Nostra» and Mafia
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Authors
- STEFANOS SOTIRIOU
Institutions
- Athens State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Knowledge Commons (Lakehead University)
- Published
- 2026-09-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17613/35mv5-eex78
- Primary Topic
- Linguistic Studies and Language Acquisition
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00