Korean (Spoken Korean as used in and around Seoul), Example 245

동생에게 인형을 만들 헝겊을 찢겼다.
Dongsaengege inhyeongeul mandeul heonggeobeul jjikkyeotta.
dongsaeng-ege
younger_sibling-DAT
inhyeong-eul
doll-ACC
mandeu-l
make-ATTR
heonggeop-eul
scrap-ACC
jjij-ki-eoss-da
tear-CAUS-PST-DECL
He tore off some scrap for his younger sibling to make dolls.
Comment:
This sentence has been found in the Naver on-line dictionary (content provided by the National Institute of the Korean Language). I personally have never heard of this verb form before, and it is questionable whether such a form could still be in use in spoken (and written?) language. Moreover, the case frame shown in this example is peculiar, since as opposed to other morphological causatives in Korean, the causative here adds a beneficiary (and not a causee) to the verbal valency without the employment of a juda-periphrasis as in a "normal" benefactive alternation. The alternation value has been checked as 'marginally' here. This sentence has nevertheless been included to spark some future research. URL: http://krdic.naver.com/detail.nhn?docid=36523000 [accessed 2014-03-02]
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