Associate Professor Virginia Holmes
Invited book chapters and reviews:
Goldinger, S. D., Azuma, T., Kleider, H. & Holmes, V. M. (2003). Font-specific memory: More than meets the eye? In J. S. Bowers & C. Marsolek (Eds.) Rethinking implicit memory (pp. 157-196). London: Oxford University Press.
Holmes, V. M. (1996b). Structurally ambiguous sentences: They are exciting researchers. Review of Clifton, Frazier & Rayner's 'Perspectives on sentence processing'. Contemporary Psychology, 41, 832-833.
Holmes, V. M. (1987). Sytactic parsing: In search of the garden path. In M. Coltheart (Ed.) Attention and performance XII: The psychology of reading. Hillsdale N.J.): Erlbaum, 587‑600.
Holmes, V. M., & O'Regan, J.K. (1986). Decomposing French words. In A. Lévy‑Schoen & J.K. O'Regan eds.) Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Eye Movements, Dourdan, 24‑27 September, 1985. Amsterdam: North‑Holland, 459‑466.
Holmes, V. M., & Wales, R.J. (1985). Psycholinguistics and language acquisition. In N.T. Feather (Ed.) Australian psychology: Review of research. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 96‑118.
Holmes, V. M. (1979a). Some hypotheses about syntactic processing in sentence comprehension. In W.E. Cooper & E.C.T. Walker (Eds.) Sentence processing: Psycholinguistic studies presented to Merrill Garrett. Hillsdale N.J.): Erlbaum, 227‑247.
Refereed journal articles:
Holmes, V. M. (2009) Bottom-up processing and reading comprehension in experienced adult readers. Journal of Research in Reading.
Holmes, V. M. & Quinn, L. (2009) Unexpectedly poor spelling and phonological processing skill. Scientific Studies of Reading.
Holmes, V. M., Malone, A. & Redenbach, (2008). Orthographic processing and visual sequential memory in unexpectedly poor spellers. Journal of Research in Reading. Special issue on orthographic learning, 31, 136-156.
Holmes, V. M. & Segui, J. (2006). Assigning grammatical gender during word production. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. Special Issue on cross-disciplinary approaches to language processing, 35, 5-30.
Holmes, V. M. & Babauta, M. (2005). Single or dual representations for reading and spelling? Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. Special issue on reading and spelling words, 18, 257-280.
Holmes, V. M. & Malone, N. (2004). Adult spelling strategies. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 17, 537-566.
Holmes, V. M. & Segui, J. (2004). Sublexical and lexical influences on gender assignment in French. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 33, 425-457.
Castles, A. E., Holmes, V. M., Neath, J. & Kinoshita, S. (2003). How does orthographic knowledge influence performance on phonological awareness tasks? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 56A, 445-467.
Bretherton, L. & Holmes, V. M. (2003). The relationship between auditory temporal processing, phonemic awareness and reading disability. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 84, 218-243.
Holmes, V. M. & Davis, C. W. (2002). Orthographic representation and spelling knowledge. Language and Cognitive Processes, 17, 345-370.
Holmes, V. M. & Castles, A. E. (2001). Unexpectedly poor spelling in university students. Scientific Studies in Reading, 5, 319-350.
Holmes, V. M. & Dejean de la Bâtie, B. (1999). Assignment of grammatical gender by native speakers and foreign learners of French. Applied Psycholinguistics, 20, 479-506.
Holmes, V. M. & Carruthers, J.A. (1998). The relation between reading and spelling in skilled adult readers. Journal of Memory and Language, 39, 264-289.
Castles, A. E., Holmes, V. M. & Wong, M. (1997). Variations in spelling style among lexical and sublexical readers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 64, 98-118.
Castles, A. E. & Holmes, V. M. (1996). Subtypes of developmental dyslexia and lexical acquisition. Australian Journal of Psychology, 48, 130-135.
Holmes, V. M. & Standish, J. M. (1996). Skilled reading with impaired phonology: A case study. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 13, 220-243.
Holmes, V. M. (1996). Skilled reading and orthographic processing. Australian Journal of Psychology, 48, 149-54.
Holmes, V. M. (1995). A crosslinguistic comparison of the production of utterances in discourse. Cognition, 54, 169-207.
Holmes, V. M. & Ng, E. (1993). Word-specific knowledge, word-recognition strategies and spelling ability. Journal of Memory and Language, 32, 1-28.
Holmes, V. M. & O'Regan, J. K. (1992). Reading derivationally affixed French words. Language and Cognitive Processes, 7, 163-192.
Cupples, L. & Holmes, V. M. (1992). Individual differences in syntactic knowledge and reading comprehension skill. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 21, 249-274.
Holmes, V. M., Stowe, L. & Cupples, L. ( 1989). Lexical expectations in parsing complement‑verb sentences. Journal of Memory and Language, 28, 501‑522.
Holmes, V. M. (1989). Hesitations and sentence planning. Language and Cognitive Processes, 3, 323‑361.
Cupples, L. & Holmes, V. M. (1987). Reading skill and interpretation of temporary structural ambiguity. Language and Cognitive Processes, 2, 179‑203.
Holmes, V. M., Kennedy, A., & Murray, W. (1987). Syntactic structure and the garden path. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 39A, 277‑293.
Mitchell, D., & Holmes, V. M. (1985). The role of specific information about the verb in parsing sentences with local structural ambiguity. Journal of Memory and Language, 24, 542‑559.
Holmes, V. M., & Rundle, M. (1985). The role of prior context in the comprehension of abstract and concrete sentences. Psychological Research, 47, 159‑171.
Holmes, V. M. & O'Regan J.K. ( 1981). Effects of syntactic structure on eye fixations during reading. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 20, 417‑430.
Holmes, V. M. (1979b). Accessing ambiguous words during sentence comprehension. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 31, 569‑589.
Langford, J. & Holmes, V. M. (1979). Syntactic presupposition in sentence comprehension. Cognition, 7, 363‑383.
Ford, M. & Holmes, V. M. (1978). Planning units and syntax in sentence production. Cognition, 6, 35‑53.
Holmes, V. M. , Arwas, R., & Garrett, M.F. (1977). Prior context and the perception of lexically ambiguous sentences. Memory & Cognition, 5, 103-110.
Holmes, V. M. & Watson, I.J. (1976). The role of surface order and surface deletion in sentence perception. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 28, 155‑165.
Holmes, V. M. & Langford, J. (1976). Comprehension and recall of abstract and concrete sentences. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 15, 559‑566.
Holmes, V. M. (1973). Order of main and subordinate clauses in sentence perception. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 12, 285‑293.
Holmes, V. M. & Forster K.I. (1972a). Click location and syntactic structure. Perception and Psychophysics, 12, 9‑15.
Holmes, V. M. & Forster, K.I. (1972b). Perceptual complexity and underlying sentence structure. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 11, 148‑156.
Holmes, V. M. & Forster, K.I. (1970). Detection of extraneous signals during sentence recognition. Perception and Psychophysics, 7, 297‑301.
Day, R.H., Burns, R., Singer, G., Holmes, V. M. & Letcher, D. 1967). Sensory spatial after‑effects in relations to chronological age, mental retardation and schizophrenia. British Journal of Psychology, 58, 13‑27.