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The Present Volume Is An Edited Collection Of Original Contributions Which All Deal With The Issue Of Recursion In Human Language(s). All Contributions Originate As Papers That Were Presented At A Conference On The Topic Of Recursion In Human Language Organized By Dan Everett In March 22, 2007. For The Purpose Of This Collection All Articles Underwent A Double-blind Peer-review Process. The Present Chapters Were Written In The Course Of 2008. Although The 'recursive' Nature Of Linguistic Expressions, I.e. The Apparent Possibility Of Producing An Infinite Number Of Expressions With Finite Means, Has Been Noted For A Long Time, No General Agreement Seems To Exist Concerning The Empirical Status As Well As Mathematical Formalization Of This 'characteristic' Of Human Languages Or Of The Grammars That Lie Behind These Utterances That Make Up These Languages. Renewed Interest In This Subject Was Sparked By Recent Claims That 'recursion' Is Perhaps The Sole Uniquely Human And As Such Universal Trait Of Human Language (cf. Chomsky, Hauser And Fitch 2000). In This Volume, The Issue Of Recursion Is Tackled From A Variety Of Angles. Some Articles Cover Formal Issues Regarding The Proper Chara

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Author

van der Hulst, Harry (editor)

Publisher

De Gruyter De Gruyter Mouton

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9783110219241

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-24