Research Questions

Here is my list of questions I hope to answer through my research:
(ASL = American Sign Language)

• How long has ASL been around?
  

• How many people use ASL?

• Are there variations or different dialects of ASL? Does slang exist?

• How does ASL compare to spoken language? Is it faster? What about punctuation? How is emotion shown in ASL?

• What is the idea behind teaching hearing babies to sign?