| Name | ER-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (DRIVER) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Semantic function of cxn | Denoting1 a person that performs the ACTION expressed by the verb (i) at a particular point in time or (ii) as a profession; or2 a machine or device that is able to perform this action | ||||||||||||||||
| Slots | 1 (base) | 2 (suffix) | |||||||||||||||
| Semantic role of slots | ACTION | AGENTIVITY | |||||||||||||||
| Syntactic form | verb | -er /ǝ, ǝr/ | |||||||||||||||
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| Cxn with same formal pattern |
ER-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (ISLANDER)
ER-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (BANKER) |
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| Cxn with similar semantic function |
IAN-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
IST-NOUN CONSTRUCTION OR-NOUN CONSTRUCTION |
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| General cxn-type | word formation cxn: morphological suffixation: nominalization | ||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Schmid 2011: 171–173; Stein 2007: 48 | ||||||||||||||||