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

Sometimes, to make his sense unmistakable, he will repeat a whole formula, with only a change in the copula.

From Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir

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)

We say ‘murder is death to the perpetrator’ where the copula is brings; ‘two and two are four,’ the copula being ‘have the value of,’ etc.”

From The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll by Various

Quando uterus prolabitur vel cervix producitur ita ut copula impossibilis sit, chirurgus mederi potest.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin