Human language is deeply recursive. Recursion is when something is built from smaller parts that follow the same pattern. For example, in language, a sentence can contain another sentence inside it.

Practically all human languages are considered recursive. The term recursive means backward or self-referential. Recursive patterns are fundamental to syntax and semantics in human language.

A contested study suggests the ability to embed sequences within other sequences, a skill called recursion and crucial to grammar, has ancient roots.

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