Research

Published / Accepted

[Article] Kush, D., Dahl, A. and Lindahl, F. 2023. Filler–gap dependencies and islands in L2 English production: Comparing transfer from L1 Norwegian and L1 Swedish Second Language Research.
[Proceedings] Kobzeva, A.*, Arehalli, S., Linzen, T. & Kush, D. 2023. Neural Networks Can Learn Patterns of Island-insensitivity in Norwegian Proceedings of the Society for Computation in Linguistics 6.
[Article] Giskes, A.* and Kush, D. 2023. Abstract prediction of morphosyntactic features: Evidence from processing cataphors in Dutch. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 2.
[Article] Kobzeva, A.*, Sant, C., Robbins, P.T.*, Vos, M., Lohndal, T. and Kush, D. 2022. Comparing island effects for different dependency types in Norwegian. Languages 7, 197.
[Proceedings] Kobzeva, A.*, Arehalli, S., Linzen, T. & Kush, D. 2022. LSTMs Can Learn Basic Wh- and Relative Clause Dependencies in Norwegian. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society.
[Article] Ringstad, T., & Kush, D. 2021. Learning embedded verb placement in Norwegian: Evidence for early overgeneralization. Language Acquisition, 1-22.
[Article] Kush, D., Sant, C. and Strætkvern, S. 2021. Learning Island-insensitivity from the input: A corpus analysis of child- and youth-directed text in Norwegian. Glossa 6.
[Article] Giskes, A., and Kush, D. 2021. Processing Cataphors: Active antecedent search is persistent. Memory & Cognition.
[Article] Kush, D., and Dillon, B. 2021. Principle B constrains the processing of cataphora: Evidence for syntactic and discourse predictions. Journal of Memory & Language.
[Chapter] Kush, D., and Dillon, B. 2021. Sentence Processing and Linguistic Theory. In Allott, N., T. Lohndal & G. Rey. Blackwell Companions to Philosophy: A Companion to Chomsky.
[Article] Pañeda, C., and Kush, D. 2021. Spanish embedded question island effects revisited: An experimental study. Linguistics: An interdisciplinary Journal of the Language Sciences. [open access]
[Article] Bondevik, I., Kush, D., and Londahl, T. 2020. Variation in adjunct islands: The case of Norwegian. Nordic Journal of Linguistics. [open access]
[Article] Kush, D., and Dahl, A. 2020. L2 Transfer of L1 Island-Insensitivity: The case of Norwegian. Second Language Research.
[Chapter] Kush, D., and Dillon, B. To appear. Eye-tracking and Experimental Syntax. Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax
[Article] Kush, D., Lohndal, T. and Sprouse, J. 2019. On the Island Sensitivity of Topicalization in Norwegian: An experimental investigation. Language, 95, 393-420. [offprint]
[Article] Kush, D. and Eik, R. 2019. Antecedent Accessibility and Exceptional Covariation: Evidence from Norwegian Donkey Pronouns. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics, 4, 96.
[Article] Kush, D., Dillon, B., Eik, R. and Staub, A. 2019. Processing of Norwegian complex verbs: Evidence for early decomposition. Memory and Cogniton, 47, 335-350.
[Article] Kush, D., Johns, C.L. and Van Dyke, J.A. 2018. Prominence-first pronoun resolution: New evidence from the Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff procedure. Journal of Experimential Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cogniton.
[Article] Johns, C.L., Jahn, A.A., Jones, H.R., Kush, D., Molfese, P.J., Van Dyke, J.A., Magnuson, J.S., Tabor, W., Mencl, W.E., Shankweiler, D.P., Braze, D. 2018. Individual differences in decoding skill, print exposure, and cortical structure in young adults. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience.
[Article] Kush, D., Lohndal, T. and Sprouse, J. 2017. Investigating variation in island effects: A case study of Norwegian. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory.
[Article] Kush, D., Lidz, J., Phillips, C. 2017. Looking forwards and backwards: The real-time processing of Strong and Weak Crossover. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics, 2, 70.
[Article] Kush, D. 2016. Notes on Gapping in Hindi-Urdu: Conjunct size and focus-parallelism. Linguistic Analysis, 40, 255-296.
[Proceed] Drummond, A and Kush, D. 2015. Decomposing the Spanish causative reflexive passive. Proceedings of WCCFL 33.
[Article] Drummond, A and Kush, D. 2015. Reanalysis as Raising to Object. Syntax, 18:4, 425-463.
[Article] Kush, D., Lidz, J. and Phillips, C. 2015. Relation-sensitive retrieval: Evidence from bound variable pronouns. Journal of Memory and Language, 82, 18-40.
[Article] Kush, D., Johns, C. and Van Dyke, J. 2015. Identifying the role of phonology in sentence-level reading difficulty. Journal of Memory and Language, 79, 18-29.
[Article] Kush, D. 2015. Future reference and epistemic modality in Hindi. Journal of South Asian Linguistics, 7, 3-38.
[Article] Kush, D. and Phillips, C. 2014. Local anaphor licensing in an SOV language: Implications for retrieval strategies. Front. Psychol. 5:1252. [materials]
[Chapter] Kush, D., Omaki, A. and Hornstein, N. 2013. Microvariation in Islands? In J. Sprouse, J. and N. Hornstein (eds.), Experimental Syntax and Island Effects, Cambridge University Press.
[Chapter] Drummond, A., Kush, D. and Hornstein, N. 2011. Minimalist Construal: Two Approaches to A and B. In C. Boeckx (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Minimalism, Oxford University Press, 396-426.

Submitted / In Review

[Article] Johns, C., Campanelli, L., Kush, D., Landi, N. and Van Dyke, J. Submitted. Individual differences in combinatorial semantic processing: Skilled comprehension facilitates complement coercion during sentence comprehension.