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

It is not necessary in every proposition, but it is necessary in the arrangement of a syllogism, to extricate the terms of its propositions from the copula; e.g. mortal—man—Socrates.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

Like the combining power of Life, the copula here resists for awhile the attempts to dissolve it, and then yields, to reappear in new phenomena.

From Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life. by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

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

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