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

When, as in mathematics, important consequences seem to follow from them, such really follow from the tacit assumption, through the ambiguity of the copula, of the real existence of the object named.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

The verb is never used, as the mere logical copula or connecting word, is, was, etc., is used with the Greeks, Latins, and ourselves.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

But the two alternatives are propositions, and if "A is" represents a proposition, the "is" is not the Syllogistic copula.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

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)