copula
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In one episode the shirtless tribal leader Khal Drogo delivered a monologue for two and a half minutes in Dothraki, with its subject-verb-object structure and no copula, or linking verb.
From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2011
In such a case as this, the verb expresses predication and nothing else, and is called a copula.
From Hume (English Men of Letters Series) by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Quando uterus prolabitur vel cervix producitur ita ut copula impossibilis sit, chirurgus mederi potest.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
A verb may be said to be Hypercategorematic, implying, as it does, not only a term, but also a copula.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
We may, indeed, say, ½a friendship has long existed between them,¸ instead of saying, ½there has long been a friendship between them;¸ but in this case, exist is not a mere copula.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah