Rachel McKee
List of John Benjamins publications in which Rachel McKee is involved.
2022 Interpreters as agents of language planning Unpacking Sign Language Interpreting: Special issue of the Journal on Translation and Interpreting Studies 17:3 (2022), Haualand, Hilde, Maartje De Meulder and Jemina Napier (eds.), pp. 429–454 | Article
Sign language interpreters onstage at public and political events have recently become more visible in the linguistic landscapes of many countries. Accessibility principles and policy measures have gained traction internationally, and Deaf communities have also recently achieved formal… read more
2014 Breaking news: Sign language interpreters on television during natural disasters Interpreting 16:1, pp. 107–130 | Article
Flood, cyclone and earthquake disasters in Australia and New Zealand in 2011 brought sign language interpreters into the media spotlight in these countries. Their inclusion in television broadcasts to communicate emergency-related information was unprecedented in both countries, and attracted… read more
2011 ‘So, well, whatever’: Discourse functions of palm-up in New Zealand Sign Language Sign Language & Linguistics 14:2, pp. 213–247 | Article
This study investigates the frequency and functions of a ubiquitous form in conversational NZSL discourse glossed as palm-up. Dictionaries show that it is a polysemous vocabulary item in NZSL, although many of its uses in discourse are not accounted for in the lexicon. Analysis of discourse data… read more
2002 Interpreting into International Sign Pidgin: An analysis Sign Language & Linguistics 5:1, pp. 27–54 | Article
The nature of International Sign Pidgin has been recently described and discussed in various studies and papers (Moody 1987; Coppock 1990; Supalla 1991; Padden 1993; Scott Gibson & Ojala 1994; Webb & Supalla 1994, 1995; Allsop, Woll & Brauti 1995; Allsop 1996; Bergmann 1996). Although international… read more