What is a life cycle?

What is a life cycle?

Definition
	A life cycle is the way that a culture looks at the major events of human life, subdividing the events into specific categories according to age, gender, and other culture-specific factors.

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Concept module: life cycle
In modular book: Glossary of Language Learning Terms, by International Language Learning Department
In document collection: Other Resources
In bookshelf: Language Learning

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 3.5, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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