Dave Kush
About
I am Associate Professor (førsteamanuensis) of (English) Linguistics in the Department of Language and Literature. I received my PhD in Linguistics from the University of Maryland in the United States. My advisors were Colin Phillips, Jeff Lidz, and (unofficially) Norbert Hornstein. I was a postdoctoral researcher at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, CT, where I worked with Julie A. Van Dyke.
I started the ØyeLab at NTNU in 2016. Research in the lab uses experimental methods to understand the role of grammatical knowledge in language processing, as well as to understand grammatical variation cross-linguistically. We use a number of different methodologies including eye tracking-while-reading (hence the name of the lab).
Competencies
Publications
2022
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Kobzeva, Anastasia;
Sant, Charlotte;
Robbins, Parker T.;
Vos, Myrte Titia;
Lohndal, Terje;
Kush, Dave Whitney.
(2022)
Comparing Island Effects for Different Dependency Types in Norwegian.
Languages.
volum 7 (3).
Academic article
2021
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Bayram, Fatih;
González Alonso, Jorge;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Rothman, Jason.
(2021)
Editors' Note.
Applied Psycholinguistics.
volum 42.
Editorial
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Bayram, Fatih;
González Alonso, Jorge;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Rothman, Jason;
Hayes-Harb, Rachel.
(2021)
Editors' Note.
Applied Psycholinguistics.
volum 42 (2).
Editorial
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Bondevik, Ingrid;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2021)
Variation in adjunct islands: The case of Norwegian.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics.
volum 44 (3).
Academic article
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Giskes, Anna;
Kush, Dave Whitney.
(2021)
Processing cataphors: Active antecedent search is persistent.
Memory & Cognition.
volum 49.
Academic article
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dillon, Brian.
(2021)
Principle B constrains the processing of cataphora: Evidence for syntactic and discourse predictions.
Journal of Memory and Language.
volum 120.
Academic article
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Kush, Dave;
Sant, Charlotte;
Strætkvern, Sunniva Briså.
(2021)
Learning Island-insensitivity from the input: A corpus analysis of child- and youth-directed text in Norwegian.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 6 (1).
Academic article
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Pañeda, Claudia;
Kush, Dave Whitney.
(2021)
Spanish embedded question island effects revisited: An experimental study.
Linguistics.
Academic article
2020
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dahl, Anne.
(2020)
L2 transfer of L1 island-insensitivity: The case of Norwegian.
Second Language Research.
Academic article
2019
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Eik, Ragnhild.
(2019)
Antecedent accessibility and exceptional covariation: Evidence from Norwegian Donkey Pronouns.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 4 (1).
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Sprouse, Jonathan.
(2019)
On the Island Sensitivity of Topicalization in Norwegian: An Experimental Investigation.
Language.
volum 95 (3).
Academic article
2018
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Johns, Clinton L.;
Jahn, Andrew A.;
Jones, Hannah R.;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Molfese, Peter J.;
Van Dyke, Julie A.;
Magnuson, James S.;
Tabor, Whitney;
Mencl, W. Einar;
Shankweiler, Donald P.;
Braze, David.
(2018)
Individual differences in decoding skill, print exposure, and cortical structure in young adults.
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.
volum 33 (10).
Academic article
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dillon, Brian;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Staub, Adrian.
(2018)
Processing of Norwegian complex verbs: Evidence for early decomposition.
Memory & Cognition.
Academic article
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Johns, Clinton L.;
Van Dyke, Julie A..
(2018)
Prominence-sensitive pronoun resolution: New evidence from the speed-accuracy tradeoff procedure.
Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition.
volum 45 (7).
Academic article
2017
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lidz, Jeffrey;
Phillips, Colin.
(2017)
Looking forwards and backwards: The real-time processing of Strong and Weak Crossover.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 2 (1).
Academic article
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Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Sprouse, Jonathan.
(2017)
Investigating variation in island effects: A case study of Norwegian extraction.
Natural language & linguistic theory.
volum Published ahead of print.
Academic article
2016
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Kush, Dave.
(2016)
Notes on Gapping in Hindi-Urdu: Conjunct size and focus-parallelism.
Linguistic Analysis.
volum 40.
Academic article
2015
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Drummond, Alex;
Kush, Dave.
(2015)
Reanalysis as raising to object.
Syntax.
volum 18.
Academic article
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Kush, Dave.
(2015)
Future reference and epistemic modality in Hindi.
Journal of South Asian Linguistics.
volum 7.
Academic article
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Kush, Dave;
Johns, Clinton L.;
Van Dyke, Julie A..
(2015)
Identifying the role of phonology in sentence-level reading.
Journal of Memory and Language.
volum 79-80.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave;
Lidz, Jeff;
Phillips, Colin.
(2015)
Relation-sensitive retrieval: Evidence from bound variable pronouns.
Journal of Memory and Language.
volum 82.
Academic article
2014
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Kush, Dave;
Phillips, Colin.
(2014)
Local anaphor licensing in an SOV language: Implications for retrieval strategies.
Frontiers in Psychology.
volum 5.
Academic article
2013
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Kush, Dave;
Omaki, Akira;
Hornstein, Norbert.
(2013)
Microvariation in Islands?.
Experimental Syntax and Island Effects.
Academic chapter/article
2011
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Drummond, Alex;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Hornstein, Norbert.
(2011)
Minimalist Construal: Two Approaches to A and B.
Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Minimalism.
Academic chapter/article
Scientific articles
-
Kobzeva, Anastasia;
Sant, Charlotte;
Robbins, Parker T.;
Vos, Myrte Titia;
Lohndal, Terje;
Kush, Dave Whitney.
(2022)
Comparing Island Effects for Different Dependency Types in Norwegian.
Languages.
volum 7 (3).
Academic article
-
Bondevik, Ingrid;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje.
(2021)
Variation in adjunct islands: The case of Norwegian.
Nordic Journal of Linguistics.
volum 44 (3).
Academic article
-
Giskes, Anna;
Kush, Dave Whitney.
(2021)
Processing cataphors: Active antecedent search is persistent.
Memory & Cognition.
volum 49.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dillon, Brian.
(2021)
Principle B constrains the processing of cataphora: Evidence for syntactic and discourse predictions.
Journal of Memory and Language.
volum 120.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave;
Sant, Charlotte;
Strætkvern, Sunniva Briså.
(2021)
Learning Island-insensitivity from the input: A corpus analysis of child- and youth-directed text in Norwegian.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 6 (1).
Academic article
-
Pañeda, Claudia;
Kush, Dave Whitney.
(2021)
Spanish embedded question island effects revisited: An experimental study.
Linguistics.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dahl, Anne.
(2020)
L2 transfer of L1 island-insensitivity: The case of Norwegian.
Second Language Research.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Eik, Ragnhild.
(2019)
Antecedent accessibility and exceptional covariation: Evidence from Norwegian Donkey Pronouns.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 4 (1).
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Sprouse, Jonathan.
(2019)
On the Island Sensitivity of Topicalization in Norwegian: An Experimental Investigation.
Language.
volum 95 (3).
Academic article
-
Johns, Clinton L.;
Jahn, Andrew A.;
Jones, Hannah R.;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Molfese, Peter J.;
Van Dyke, Julie A.;
Magnuson, James S.;
Tabor, Whitney;
Mencl, W. Einar;
Shankweiler, Donald P.;
Braze, David.
(2018)
Individual differences in decoding skill, print exposure, and cortical structure in young adults.
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.
volum 33 (10).
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Dillon, Brian;
Eik, Ragnhild;
Staub, Adrian.
(2018)
Processing of Norwegian complex verbs: Evidence for early decomposition.
Memory & Cognition.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Johns, Clinton L.;
Van Dyke, Julie A..
(2018)
Prominence-sensitive pronoun resolution: New evidence from the speed-accuracy tradeoff procedure.
Journal of Experimental Psychology. Learning, Memory and Cognition.
volum 45 (7).
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lidz, Jeffrey;
Phillips, Colin.
(2017)
Looking forwards and backwards: The real-time processing of Strong and Weak Crossover.
Glossa: a journal of general linguistics.
volum 2 (1).
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Sprouse, Jonathan.
(2017)
Investigating variation in island effects: A case study of Norwegian extraction.
Natural language & linguistic theory.
volum Published ahead of print.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave.
(2016)
Notes on Gapping in Hindi-Urdu: Conjunct size and focus-parallelism.
Linguistic Analysis.
volum 40.
Academic article
-
Drummond, Alex;
Kush, Dave.
(2015)
Reanalysis as raising to object.
Syntax.
volum 18.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave.
(2015)
Future reference and epistemic modality in Hindi.
Journal of South Asian Linguistics.
volum 7.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave;
Johns, Clinton L.;
Van Dyke, Julie A..
(2015)
Identifying the role of phonology in sentence-level reading.
Journal of Memory and Language.
volum 79-80.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave;
Lidz, Jeff;
Phillips, Colin.
(2015)
Relation-sensitive retrieval: Evidence from bound variable pronouns.
Journal of Memory and Language.
volum 82.
Academic article
-
Kush, Dave;
Phillips, Colin.
(2014)
Local anaphor licensing in an SOV language: Implications for retrieval strategies.
Frontiers in Psychology.
volum 5.
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Bayram, Fatih;
González Alonso, Jorge;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Rothman, Jason.
(2021)
Editors' Note.
Applied Psycholinguistics.
volum 42.
Editorial
-
Bayram, Fatih;
González Alonso, Jorge;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Lohndal, Terje;
Rothman, Jason;
Hayes-Harb, Rachel.
(2021)
Editors' Note.
Applied Psycholinguistics.
volum 42 (2).
Editorial
Part of book/report
-
Kush, Dave;
Omaki, Akira;
Hornstein, Norbert.
(2013)
Microvariation in Islands?.
Experimental Syntax and Island Effects.
Academic chapter/article
-
Drummond, Alex;
Kush, Dave Whitney;
Hornstein, Norbert.
(2011)
Minimalist Construal: Two Approaches to A and B.
Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Minimalism.
Academic chapter/article
Media
2022
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PosterKobzeva, Anastasia; Arehalli, Suhas; Linzen, Tal; Kush, Dave Whitney. (2022) LSTMs Can Learn Basic Wh- and Relative Clause Dependencies in Norwegian. Cognitive Science Conference 2022 . Cognitive Science Society; University of Toronto. 2022-07-27 - 2022-07-30.
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Academic lectureKush, Dave Whitney; Dahl, Anne. (2022) Island-insensitivity in L2 Production. 35th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing . University of California, Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz, California. 2022-03-24 - 2022-03-26.
2021
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PosterBondevik, Ingrid; Kush, Dave Whitney; Lohndal, Terje. (2021) Investigating relative clause dependencies into finite adjunct clauses in Norwegian. AMLaP 2021 ; 2021-09-02 - 2021-09-04.
2019
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PosterKush, Dave Whitney; Dahl, Anne. (2019) Full Transfer and retraction in L2: Evidence from Norwegian-English bilinguals. AMLaP - Architectures and Mechanisms of Language Processing . HSE University; Moskva. 2019-09-06 - 2019-09-08.
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PosterKush, Dave Whitney; Dahl, Anne. (2019) Learning subtle syntactic constraints in L2: Evidence from Norwegian-English bilinguals. CUNY 2019 32nd Annual CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing . University of Colorado Boulder; Boulder, Colorado. 2019-03-29 - 2019-03-31.
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Academic lectureSant, Charlotte; Strætkvern, Sunniva Briså; Kush, Dave Whitney. (2019) En konstruksjon vi ikke ennå forstår hva er: en korpusstudie av syntaktiske øybrudd i norsk. Møte om norsk språk (MONS18) . NTNU; Trondheim. 2019-11-27 - 2019-11-29.
2017
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PosterJahn, Andrew; Kush, Dave Whitney; Lewis, Ashley; Van Dyke, Julie A.. (2017) Prediction-related activity in the medial prefrontal cortex reflects processing of cataphor cues. SNL 2017, Annual meeting of the Society for the Neurobiology of Language ; 2017-11-08.
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PosterJohns, Clinton L.; Kush, Dave Whitney; Van Dyke, Julie A.. (2017) Revisiting the lexical and discourse bases of gender effects in reflexive processing. CUNY Sentence Processing Conference ; 2017-03-30 - 2017-04-01.
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Academic lectureKush, Dave Whitney; Eik, Ragnhild. (2017) Prosessering av partikkelverb i norsk: evidens for hybridrepresentasjonar. MoNS 17: Møte om norsk språk 2017 ; 2017-11-22 - 2017-11-24.
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Academic lectureKush, Dave Whitney; Lohndal, Terje. (2017) Variable Island Sensitivity in Norwegian. Comparative Germanic Syntax Workshop 32 ; 2017-09-13 - 2017-09-15.
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PosterKush, Dave Whitney; Lohndal, Terje; Sprouse, Jonathan. (2017) (In-)consistent Island effects in Norwegian?. CUNY Sentence Processing Conference ; 2017-03-30 - 2017-04-01.
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Academic lectureRingstad, Tina Louise; Kush, Dave Whitney. (2017) Children's strategies in acquisition: Acquiring embedded word order optionality. International Symposium of Bilingual and Monolingual Speech . Institute of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech; Chania. 2017-09-04 - 2017-09-07.
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Academic lectureRingstad, Tina Louise; Kush, Dave Whitney. (2017) Overgeneralizing word order? L1 acquisition of embedded word order optionality. Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition . Universitat de les Illes Balears; Palma de Mallorca. 2017-09-07 - 2017-09-09.
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Academic lectureWeir, Andrew; Kush, Dave Whitney; Dahl, Anne. (2017) Acquisition and variation in ellipsis. AcqVA retreat . AcqVA; Tromsø. 2017-12-04 - 2017-12-05.
2016
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PosterBarros, Matthew; Kush, Dave. (2016) Case-matching under sluicing in Hindi: Consequences for the identity condition on ellipsis. Formal Approaches to South Asian Linguistics . UMASS; Amherst, MA. 2016-03-12 - 2016-03-13.
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PosterHusain, Samar; Kush, Dave. (2016) Linear proximity effects in Hindi reciprocal resolution. CUNY Sentence Processing Conference ; Gainesville, FL. 2016-05-03 - 2016-05-05.
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PosterKush, Dave; Van Dyke, Julie A.. (2016) Ordered access to antecedents of pronouns: New SAT Evidence. AMLaP 2016 ; 2016-09-01 - 2016-09-03.