Definition
A copula is an intransitivity verb which links a subject:
- to a noun phrase
- adjective, or
- other constituent which expresses the predicate.
Examples
(English)
- The book is on the table.
- The weather seems good.
Sources 5
- Crystal 1980, 93, 213
- Hartmann and Stork 1972, 55
- Schachter 1985, 11
- Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985, 1171–1172
- Mish 1991, 289, 696