Something (a company, language or organization) international mostly means that it involves more than one nation(country). The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally reaching beyond national boundaries. For example, international law, which is applied by more than one country over the world, and international language which is a language spoken by residents of more than one country.
In American English, "International" is also commonly used as a euphemism for "foreign" or even "foreigner."[1][2]
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Meaning in particular fields
- In team sports, "international" commonly refers either to a match between two national teams, or to a player capped by his national team.
- In politics, "The International" may refer to a political international.
- In linguistics, an "international language" is one spoken by the people of at least two nations, but preferably a large number of nations. Also called world language. Such as: English, Spanish, French and Arabic.[3]
- In interlinguistics, international often has to do with languages rather than nations themselves. An "international word" is one that occurs in at least two languages, but preferable many more, as with linguistics above. These words are collected from widely spoken source or control languages and often used to establish language systems that people can use to communicate internationally, and sometimes for other purposes such as to learn other languages more quickly. The vocabulary of Interlingua has a particularly wide range, because the control languages of Interlingua were selected to give its words and affixes their maximum geographic scope.[4] In part, the language Ido is also a product of interlinguistic research.
- In North American unionized environments, the term "international" is a euphemism for the central union location, which is often in the Washington, D.C. area. An example is the IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers), whose international office is in Washington, DC, whereas its local offices are spread all over North America. A regional union office that serves as an umbrella organisation for more than one local office, may still be called "international" by its rank and file members.
The term "global" is commonly used as a synonym for "international", however such usage is typically incorrect as "global" implies "one world" as a single unit, while "international" recognizes that different peoples, cultures, languages, nations, borders, economies, and ecosystems exist. The word nonetheless sees usage as in various media buzzwords, such as "the global economy" eye.
See also
- Globalization
- Multinational Corporation
- Multinational State
- Supranational
- United Nations
- World community
References
- ^ Columbia Guide to Standard American English
- ^ Columbia Guide to Standard American English
- ^ Language Map
- ^ Gode, Alexander, Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1951.
Sources
- Ankerl, Guy. Global communication without universal civilization. INU societal research. Vol.1: Coexisting contemporary civilizations : Arabo-Muslim, Bharati, Chinese, and Western. Geneva: INU Press. ISBN 2-88155-004-5.
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