Which term describes morphemes that modify a word's tense or aspect and would require the addition of another sign?

• A. Inflectional Fixed Morphemes
• B. Contradiction
• C. Authentic Assessment
• D. Paraphrases

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is identifying morphemes that attach to a word to show tense or aspect, which are inflectional in nature. Inflectional morphemes modify when or how an action happens without changing the core meaning of the verb. In ASL, expressing tense or aspect often involves adding or altering signs or using specific nonmanual cues, and these inflectional elements typically require another sign to convey the full time frame or aspect (for example, adding an aspect marker or a time reference). That’s why the term describing these is the inflectional morphemes concept. The other options don’t relate to how language signs carry grammatical time or aspect; they refer to logical negation, assessment methods, or restatement, which aren’t about modifying a word to express tense or aspect.