Which of the Following Statements Is Correct About the Current

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is correct about the current research on the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?

• A) Monolingual adults and bilingual adults are equally likely to report this phenomenon.
• B) People are fairly accurate in guessing the number of syllables in the target word, but they are less accurate in guessing the target word's first letter.
• C) The phenomenon seems to be limited to the English language.
• D) Research in languages that have grammatical gender shows that people can typically identify the gender of the target word.

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