There are some interesting signs of changes in both ideologies and linguistic habits, even in the form and aims of ‘linguistic wars’. The construction of multi-lingual, supranational political entities, such as the European Union, does not only facilitate the defence of minority languages [N1] (autochthonous or immigrant) but also contributes to extending the vision of languages as resources or capital. A further contribution to this vision comes from the transformation of national agricultural and industrial economies into globalised service and information economies in which multi ...