EjSBS - The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences

The European Journal of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Online ISSN: 2301-2218
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Linguistic Means of English Language at the Coverage of the Domestic Violence Problem

Table 1: The positive/negative classification of words related to domestic violence

Positive contextual words Negative contextual words
against (domestic violence), national (center for victims), (domestic violence) awareness (month), (domestic violence) shelters, (domestic violence) survivors, hotline (for domestic violence victims), coalition (against domestic violence), (domestic violence) restraining, (domestic violence) prevention, laws (on domestic violence), (Prosecution) unit, protective (services). against (women), (domestic) abuse, (sexual) assault, (marital) rape, (domestic violence) charge, misdemeanor (domestic violence), crime (of domestic violence), harassment, substance (abuse), perpetrators (of domestic violence), (domestic violence) offenders, (domestic violence) killings, felony (of domestic violence), poverty, battery (domestic violence), alcoholism, stalking (is a domestic violence behaviour).
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