agentnomsõnal
Agentnomsõnal is a term used in linguistic discussions to describe nominal forms that encode agentive meaning—the entity that performs the action described by a verb. It is presented as a specialized type of nominalization whose core function is to designate the agent within a clause or discourse. The term is relatively new and remains the subject of ongoing typological and theoretical discussion.
Origin and form: The word combines agent and nominal with a diacritic suffix õ, used in some
Morphology and syntax: In languages with agentnomsõnal derivations, the agent noun may take case marking, determiners,
Distribution and usage: Evidence for genuine agentnomsõnal formation is mainly found in language descriptions of small
See also: nominalization, agent noun, agentive morphology, ergativity, clause structure.