Summary: The property of recursion is shared by all human languages, and has been cited as separating human language from forms of animal communication. What is it, and how does it work? Twitter: @linguistchris Email: linguistchris@gmail.com Music: “Slow Burn” – Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0″ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/