Monika Christine Rohmer is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.

Multilingual Discourses of Water in Postcolonial Senegal departs from cognitive linguistics and ecolinguistics to examine the socio-history, the politics and the temporalities of water as metaphor and understanding of the world. The result is a multi-faceted case-study of both post-coloniality and environment that raises important questions for shared possibilities in respect of this vital ecosystemic element.

• List of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations Introduction1 What is Water? Exploratory Research and a Forum of Responses 2 Beyond Lakes and Rivers: The Power of Presidential Discourse 3 Diverging Perspectives on (Drinking) Seawater 4 From the Path of Water to the Fight Against FloodingConclusion References

Monika Christine Rohmer is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.

Multilingual Discourses of Water in Postcolonial Senegal departs from cognitive linguistics and ecolinguistics to examine the socio-history, the politics and the temporalities of water as metaphor and understanding of the world. The result is a multi-faceted case-study of both post-coloniality and environment that raises important questions for shared possibilities in respect of this vital ecosystemic element.

• List of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations Introduction1 What is Water? Exploratory Research and a Forum of Responses 2 Beyond Lakes and Rivers: The Power of Presidential Discourse 3 Diverging Perspectives on (Drinking) Seawater 4 From the Path of Water to the Fight Against FloodingConclusion References

Monika Christine Rohmer is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.

Multilingual Discourses of Water in Postcolonial Senegal departs from cognitive linguistics and ecolinguistics to examine the socio-history, the politics and the temporalities of water as metaphor and understanding of the world. The result is a multi-faceted case-study of both post-coloniality and environment that raises important questions for shared possibilities in respect of this vital ecosystemic element.

• List of Figures List of Tables AcknowledgementsList of Abbreviations Introduction1 What is Water? Exploratory Research and a Forum of Responses 2 Beyond Lakes and Rivers: The Power of Presidential Discourse 3 Diverging Perspectives on (Drinking) Seawater 4 From the Path of Water to the Fight Against FloodingConclusion References