3. New words/compunds for old facts

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One of the most common forms of violence against women is that performed by a husband or male partner. Although women can be violent in relationships with men, and violence is also found in same-sex partnerships, the overwhelming health burden of partner violence is borne by women at the hands of men.

Intimate partner violence includes acts of physical aggression, psychological abuse, forced intercourse and other forms of sexual coercion, and various controlling behaviours such as isolating a person from family and friends or restricting access to information and assistance.

(Source: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/global_campaign/en/ipvfacts.pdf)


Read the text above and identify the different compounds (phrasal, hyphenated or solid) which have been created/coined to speak about gender-based violence. Explain in some cases how you decided to count certain words as compounds and not just as collocations.



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