Arild Hestvik

Arild Hestvik (born 1960 in Trondheim, Norway) is a researcher in theoretical linguistics and experimental psychology.

Holding a Ph.D, obtained from Brandeis University in 1990,[1] he is a professor at the University of Delaware, United States.

He has published several articles on Binding Theory and its relation to ellipsis,[2][3][4] and the cognitive neuroscience of language processing.[5][6]

Arild Hestvik is a specialist in using electroencephalographic (EEG) measures of brain activity in language experiments, studying both normal and language impaired populations.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ Hestvik, A. (1990a). LF-movement of pronouns and the computation of binding domains. (Ph.D doctoral dissertation), Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
  2. ^ Hestvik, A. (1991b). Subjectless binding domains. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, 9(3), 455-496
  3. ^ Hestvik, A. (1992b). LF Movement of Pronouns and Antisubject Orientation. Linguistic Inquiry, 23(4), 557-594.
  4. ^ Hestvik, A. (1995b). Reflexives and ellipsis. Natural Language Semantics, 3(2), 211-237
  5. ^ Sekerina, I., Stromswold, K., & Hestvik, A. (2004). How do adults and children process referentially ambiguous pronouns?, Journal of Child Language, 31(1), 123-152.
  6. ^ Hestvik, A., Maxfield, N., Schwartz, R. G., & Shafer, V. L. (2007). Brain responses to filled gaps. Brain and Language, 100(3), 301-316
  7. ^ Hestvik, A., Bradley, E., & Bradley, C. Working Memory Effects of Gap-Predictions in Normal Adults: An Event-Related Potentials Study. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 1-14.
  8. ^ Hestvik, A., Schwartz, R., & Tornyova, L. (2010). Relative Clause Gap-Filling in Children with Specific Language Impairment. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 39(5), 443-456.



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