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In:Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 5
Edited by Yves Gambier and Luc van Doorslaer
[Handbook of Translation Studies 5] 2021
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Complexity in translation studies

 | University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
Published online: 16 September 2021
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Article outline
  • 1.Complexity thinking: a meta-theoretical position
  • 2.The characteristics of complex systems
  • 3.Emergence
  • 4.Complexity thinking in translation studies
  • References
  • Further essential reading
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References
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Further essential reading
Coveney, Peter, and Roger Highfield. 1995. Frontiers Of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World. New York: Fawcett Columbine.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar
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