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Definition

Recursion is a process or result of elements recurring in a structure. Recursion allows structure to become of unbounded length.

Example

Compounding in English is recursive as is shown by the examples in (i): the concatenation of nouns can go on forever.

(i)   film society
    > student film society
    > student film society committee
    > student film society committee scandal
    > student film society committee scandal inquiry > etc.

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

Chomsky, N. 1957. Syntactic structures, Mouton, The Hague.
Spencer, A. 1991. Morphological Theory, Blackwell, Oxford.

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+==Definition==
 '''Recursion''' is a process or result of elements recurring in a structure. Recursion allows structure to become of unbounded length.
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 Compounding in English is recursive as is shown by the examples in (i): the concatenation of nouns can go on forever.
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       &gt; student film society committee scandal inquiry &gt; etc.
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+*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Recursion&lemmacode=319 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
-[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Recursion&lemmacode=319 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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 * Chomsky, N. 1957. ''Syntactic structures,'' Mouton, The Hague.
 * Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.
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