In a healthy family there are healthy relationships... On the use of the adjective healthy in the selected sense

Abstract

The subject of the article is a description of the use of the phrase healthy family (and the combinations of the adjective healthy with the nouns: relationship, marriage, partnership, camaraderie, friendship and relationship). The aim of the research is to specify what content falls within the semantic range of the adjective healthy used in this way, as well as in which thematic areas the analyzed expressions most often occur. Examples of usage were taken from four electronic corpora of the Polish language. Their analysis shows that the expression healthy family is often marked, largely characteristic of the Catholic and right-wing discourse. In conjunction with the names of various relationships, healthy is free from physical and mental violence and based on respect, trust, good communication, honesty and acceptance.