Language: Korean (Spoken Korean as used in and around Seoul)
Contributors: Soung-U Kim
References: O'Grady 1991.0; Yeon 2003.0; Lee and Ramsey 2000.0; Yi 2010.0; Park 2010.0; Song 2012.0; Seo 2012.0; NIKL nd; Kim 2010.0; Kroeger 2004.0; Kim 2012.0; Sohn 1999.0; Evans 2010.0; Haspelmath 1995.0; Brown et al. 2012.0; Song 2005.0; Comrie 1981.0; Creissels 2010.0; Creissels 2013.0; Shibatani 1994.0; Plank 1995.0; Moseley 2010.0; King 2006.0; Lee and Thompson 1989.0; Kim 2008.0; Maling 1989.0; Kim and Maling 1993.0; Kang 2007.0; Lee 2008.0; Evans 2007.0; Schütze 2001.0
Complex verb
Verb meaning: WASH [wash]
Comment: Means 'to wash one's face or neck with one's hands'. Neither the word for face or neck nor for hand can be overtly expressed here. The nominal part sesu is Sino-Korean (洗手) meaning 'wash hands'. The definition in Nave online dictionary (http://krdic.naver.com/detail.nhn?docid=21586100 [accessed 2014-02-17]) includes the meaning of washing one's hands, but it would be weird if one used this to impy that one washed his or her hands only. I guess that hands are just washed because one washes one's face with them.
Schema: 1-nom V
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | washer | NP-nom | S |
| (47) |
너 빨리 (*손으로) (*얼굴을) 세수해! Neo ppalli (*soneuro) (*eolgureul) saesuhae! neo 2SG ppalli quickly son-euro hand-INSTR eolgul-eul face-ACC saesu=hae wash_face=do\PLAIN Quickly, wash your face! |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
