CASA|Con The CASA-ConstructiCon of the English Language


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Name OR-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (COUNCILLOR)
Semantic function of cxn Denoting a person whose profession is related to the WORKPLACE indicated in slot 1.
Slots 1 (base) 2 (suffix)
Semantic role of slots WORKPLACE AGENTIVITY
Syntactic form noun -or /ǝ, ǝr/
Example

Examples of bases and the corresponding suffixations:
council
councillor
Cxn with same formal pattern OR-NOUN CONSTRUCTION (VISITOR)
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