37.3145, Books: Multilingual Discourses of Water in Postcolonial Senegal: Rohmer (2026)

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Date: 01-Oct-2026
From: Arianne Hill [Arianne.Hill at bloomsbury.com]
Subject: Multilingual Discourses of Water in Postcolonial Senegal: Rohmer (2026)


Title: Multilingual Discourses of Water in Postcolonial Senegal
Subtitle: Ecolinguistics at New Shores
Series Title: Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
           http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/
Book URL:
https://www.bloomsbury.com/multilingual-discourses-of-water-in-postcolonial-senegal-9781350581029/

Author(s): Monika Christine Rohmer

Hardback.
9781350581029.
£95.00.

Abstract:

Exploring multilingual discourses on water in Senegal, this book takes
ecolinguistics beyond its Eurocentric confinements and illustrates
important contemporary developments in the field.
Senegal is marked by a linguistic discrepancy: Wolof, spoken by
roughly 90% of the population, is used in everyday communication,
while French, spoken by roughly 20% of the population, is the only
official language since colonisation. Inspired by water's movement,
this book proposes an innovative approach to studying two languages
coexisting in one environment. Water is a constant in any natural
environment and a crucial basis of human life. Its availability shapes
socioeconomic and cultural practices, including language and
discourse. In multilingual environments, speakers need to navigate
contradicting evaluations and metaphors.
The comparative and contrastive study of conceptualisations and
discourses in two languages advances the discipline of ecolinguistics
by integrating new approaches, methods, and contexts. The
double-language approach unravels dimensions of meaning that would
otherwise go unnoticed. With selected examples, the book demonstrates
the relevance for other world regions and the global nature of water
problems and water discourses. It offers researchers in ecolinguistics
and (critical) discourse analysis a methodological framework to
empirically investigate language practices beyond monolingualism.
Table of Contents

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics




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