INTERNATIONAL

a) Keyness

The lemma ‘international’ was the thirty-ninth most key word in the BEC corpus.

N	Word	bec freq.	bec.lst %	bnc freq.	bnc.lst %	Keyness	P
39	INTERNATIONAL	606	0.06	269	0.01	443.7	0.000000

b) Semantic Prosody

Left: One small group identified. Of these, there was only 1 example of negative connotation - weak international markets. All the rest were very positive.

semantic prosody	frequency/ 607 & %	example
size/significance	17 - 2.8%	big international companies major international charity leading international business program well-known international figure

Right: Four groups identified. Again, this sample is skewed by the fact that companies include the word ‘international’ in their names, which are then repeated many times in the sample, e.g. Rockwell International, Nomura International, International Books. Thus, like ‘global’ it is a popular part of a company name.

semantic prosody	frequency/ 607 & %	example
business activities	57 - 9.39%	international competition international buying
companies/institutions	211 - 34.76%	international company International Monetary Fund
people/groups of people	30 - 4.94%	international auditor international delegates
business	72 - 11.86%	international business

c) Three-word clusters

N	cluster	Freq.
1	a member of	61
2	a division of	58
3	division of companyname	57
4	member of companyname	57
5	of companyname international	57
6	of companyname plc	36
7	of companyname holdings	21
8	in international business	18
9	of the international	17
10	personname a member	15
11	firstname a member	14
12	international trade department	12
13	personname international trade	11
14	this international standard	11
15	credits international business	10
16	international monetary fund	10
17	the international monetary	9
18	in the international	8
19	head of international	7
20	international trade executive	7
21	the international trade	7
22	and international business	6
23	and the international	6
24	by the international	6
25	domestic and international	6
26	international trade and	6
27	of this international	6
28	the international business	6
29	at the international	5
30	finance # credits	5
31	international business finance	5
32	member of the	5
33	national and international	5
34	a lot of	4
35	a major international	4
36	according to international	4
37	accredited chamber chief	4
38	an international business	4
39	business finance #	4
40	business law #	4
41	chamber of commerce	4
42	commerce industry	4
43	credits international marketing	4
44	executive accredited chamber	4
45	industry international trade	4
46	international accounting standards	4
47	international business #	4
48	international business and	4
49	international business program	4
50	international business programs	4
51	international management #	4
52	law # credits	4
53	management # credits	4
54	marketing # credits	4
55	of commerce	4
56	of international business	4
57	requirements of this	4
58	the head of	4
59	the international markets	4
60	the requirements of	4
61	trade executive accredited	4
62	undergraduate international business	4

d) Macro-generic distribution

e) Colligation

COBUILD Sense 1 (between or involving different countries)

100% of sample

Patterns: Adjective: usually adjective-noun

international markets, international trading, international travel

Other patterns:

i) noun (group) + of + international + noun (group)

21 instances - 3.45% of sample

ii) verb (group) + noun (group) + of + international + noun (group)

10 instances - 1.64% of sample

iii) Tendency to form post-modified business-related noun groups, for example, international accounting, international business, international division, international financial institutions, International Monetary Fund, international trade

f) Associates

N	WORD	NO. OF FILES	AS %
1	INTERNATIONAL	20	100.00
2	MANAGEMENT	7	35.00
3	BUSINESS	7	35.00
4	SYSTEMS	6	30.00
5	GLOBAL	6	30.00
6	SERVICES	5	25.00
7	MARKET	5	25.00