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Name ER-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (DRIVER)
Semantic function of cxn Denoting
1 a person that performs the ACTION expressed by the verb
 (i) at a particular point in time or
 (ii) as a profession; or
2 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/
Example

Examples of bases and the corresponding suffixations:
teach
lead
play
report

teacher
leader
player
reporter
manage
drive
write
compute
manager
driver
writer
computer
word-final <e> in base but not in word formation
baby-sithair-dryer
baby-sitter
compounds
(historically back-formation)
Cxn with same formal pattern ER-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (ISLANDER)
ER-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (BANKER)
Cxn with similar semantic function IAN-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
IST-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
OR-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
General cxn-type word formation cxn: morphological
suffixation: nominalization
Literature Schmid 2011: 171–173; Stein 2007: 48