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Given that spatial concepts are cognitively basic for human beings (cf. Section 2.1.1), it is worth discussing how they are conceptualized. Spatial phenomena can be viewed from different standpoints, and consequently conceptualized in different ways. One of the most important varying parameters, in terms of conceptualization, is “prominence” (in Langacker’s 1987, 2008 terms). Prominence is a kind of asymmetry related to the focus of attention, that is, to what a linguistic expression describes as foreground or background (Langacker 2008: 68). A discussion of different types of prominence follows.