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Writing. To Sign.
What can be done next?
Further Review ideas below
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Specify more on the varieties of Black ASL within the Deaf Community.
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There also exists a 50-.‐year tradition of research on African American English (AAE), with unique features identified at all levels of the language – phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon – showing that AAE is a distinct variety of English, can the same kinds of features identified for AAE be identified for Black ASL? (Carolyn McCaskill)
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It is important to note that with ASL there are masculine and feminine signs. There are also different ways in whcih males sign compared to how females sign. Further reviews can incorporate the Black ASL differences based on gender signing via Black ASL.
Though the original Black ASL Project captured a variety of interests toward Black ASL, there can still be more research done to explain the complexities of Black ASL to a non-hearing audience.
Since the introductory areas of focus for the original project and my Black ASL Project focused on Black ASL in a historical and sociological construct, further review can:
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