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
The first division of propositions is into Affirmative and Negative, the copula in the latter being is not.
From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)
The theme in confirmation must always admit of being expressed in a logical ——, with subject, predicate, and copula.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
These propositions, as will be seen, are not cast in what the logician calls logical form, with regular terms and copula.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas
Dismissing, for the present, the copula, of which more will be said hereafter, every proposition, then, consists of at least two names—brings together two names, in a particular manner.
From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart
