ABSTRACT
Concerning ‘images of a community,’ image will be defi ned as the sociocognitive representation of an entity, an understanding which necessitates the application of the socio-cognitive approach to discourse analysis (van Dijk 2003, 2006a, 2006b). Individual and collective identities are understood as forms of mental representation, and the chapter will therefore outline the notion of community in socio-cognitive as well as political terms.
