What is a cycle schema?

Definition
	A cycle schema is an image schema which involves repetitious events and event series.
	Its structure includes the following:
	A starting point A progression through successive events without backtracking A return to the initial state
	The schema often has superimposed on it a structure that builds toward a climax and then goes through a release or decline.

Examples (English)
	Days Weeks Years Sleeping and waking Breathing Circulation Emotional buildup and release

Generic
	A cycle schema is a kind of
	What is an image schema?

Source
	Johnson 1987 119–121

Context for this page:

Concept module: cycle schema
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): C
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

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