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I know a few good books for grammar, but I still haven't seen any free website that gets into the nitty-gritty on ASL syntax and grammar.
While I was in my ITP, we used the "Green Book" series, ASL Linguistics, and Signing Naturally.
The green books, in particular, are excellent for learning grammar. Cokely is a word nerd, and you can learn a lot from his various writings.
An oldie but a goodie.
This was my Linguistics of ASL textbook, highly recommended.
Yes. These are part of facial expressions, called Non-Manual Signals (NMS), which can show the difference in signs and meaning.
The sign for "success" and "finally" are the same shape and movement of the hands, the difference is shown in how you express it in your facial expression and NMS. The sign for "should", "have to", and "need" are all the same shape and movement of the hand, the difference between the 3 is how the mouth is shaped. For "need" you shape your mouth like "eee", for "should" you shape your mouth like "sshhh", and for "have to" you mouth "have to" (which looks like af-oo).
If you study the linguistics of ASL, you learn about "bundles of articulatory features", which describe the parts of a sign. You can read ALL about it in this book.
My background in this? I'm an ASL Interpreter major at Columbia College in Chicago.