TY - GEN N2 - Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or "language regimes") to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step how to organise the evaluation of language regimes and how to design and interpret indicators for such evaluation. The second part of this book applies the theoretical framework to the evaluation of the language policy of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) division of the World Intellectual Property. AB - Building on existing analytical frameworks, this book provides a new methodology allowing different language policies in international multilingual organisations (or "language regimes") to be compared and evaluated on the basis of criteria such as efficiency and fairness. It explains step-by-step how to organise the evaluation of language regimes and how to design and interpret indicators for such evaluation. The second part of this book applies the theoretical framework to the evaluation of the language policy of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) division of the World Intellectual Property. T1 - The evaluation of language regimes :theory and application to multilingual patent organisations / AU - Gazzola, Michele, CN - P119.32.E85 LA - eng N1 - 7.3 The language regime of the PCT system. ID - 27441 KW - Linguistic minorities KW - Language policy KW - Multicultural education KW - Intellectual property KW - Patents KW - Politique linguistique KW - Minorités linguistiques KW - Multilinguisme SN - 9789027200570 TI - The evaluation of language regimes :theory and application to multilingual patent organisations / ER -