what is recursion in linguistics
Recursion is a property of language. From a Linguistics viewpoint, recursion can also be called nesting. As I've stated in this answer to what defines a language (third-last bullet point), recursion is a phenomenon where a linguistic rule can be applied to the result of the application of the same rule..Let's see an example of this.Consider the sentence:s I've stated in this answer to what defines a language (third-last bullet point), recursion is a phenomenon where a linguistic rule can be applied to the result of the application of the same rule.. Let's see an example of this. Consider the sentence: