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Name OR-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (VISITOR)
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 -or /ǝ, ǝr/
Example

Examples of bases and the corresponding suffixations:
direct
visit
invest
inspect
govern
process

director
visitor
investor
inspector
governor
processor
operateoperatorword-final <e> in base but not in word formation
competecompetitor+ /i:/ – /e/; stress shift
editeditor(historically back-formation)
Cxn with same formal pattern OR-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (COUNCILLOR)
Cxn with similar semantic function IAN-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
IST-NOUN CONSTRUCTION
General cxn-type word formation cxn: morphological
suffixation: nominalization
Literature Schmid 2011: 171–173; Stein 2007: 48