How has research on speakers of Italian shed light on processes that underlie the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?
a) When caught in the TOT, Italian speakers are able to recognize the region of Italy where the word originated.
b) Although unable to recall a word, Italian speakers can often recall the specific accent used the last time they heard the word or name.
c) When prompted with the first letter or letters, Italian speakers are often able to repeat a whole sentence that they may have heard in a movie or on a television show.
d) When caught in the TOT, Italian speakers are often able to tell if the word is masculine or feminine, even for words that have no such designations in other languages.
ANS: d
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