agentives
/ˈeɪdʒəntɪvz/
noun
- Words or suffixes that indicate a person or thing that performs an action.
- Agentives help learners understand who is doing the action in a sentence.
- Suffixes like '-er' and '-or' are common agentives in English.
- In 'teacher,' the '-er' is an agentive meaning 'one who teaches.'