American Sign Language Grammar:

See: ASL Grammar Discussions and Articles

As with any language, ASL has its own grammar.  Here are a few samples:

• Expressions - Use to change the meaning of the sign.
• Directionality and Placement - Use these to indicate who did what to whom or which.
• Negation - Make your sign or entire statement negative.
• Initialization - Using the first letter of word as the handshape for the sign..
• Syntax - The order of presenting signs.
• Comparatives and superlatives - Making comparisons.

Also check out the following topics to get more of a feel for how the language works:

• Indexing - Use the index finger to indicate I-me, you, we, they, he-she-it
• Possession - What belongs to whom.
• Classifiers - Represent categories of objects, concepts, shapes, or sizes with specific handshapes.

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