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单词 copula
释义
copula
noun[C]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˈkɒp.jə.lə/us
/ˈkɑː.pjə.lə/
atypeofverb, of which the mostcommonis "be", thatjoinsthesubjectof theverbwith acomplement:
系（动）词
In thesentence"Yousmellnice", "smell" is a copula.在 You smell nice 这句话中，smell 是系动词。
Synonym
linking verbspecialized
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Grammar

Verbs: types
Main verbs have meanings related to actions, events and states. Most verbs in English are main verbs:…
Main verbs
Main verbs have meanings related to actions, events and states. Most verbs in English are main verbs:…
Linking verbs
Some main verbs are called linking verbs (or copular verbs). These verbs are not followed by objects. Instead, they are followed by phrases which give extra information about the subject (e.g. noun phrases, adjective phrases, adverb phrases or prepositional phrases). Linking verbs include:…
Auxiliary verbs
There are three auxiliary verbs in English: be, do and have. Auxiliary verbs come before main verbs.…
Modal verbs
The main modal verbs are:…
State and action verbs
A verb refers to an action, event or state.…
(Definition ofcopulafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcopula

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Specifically, these three forms were deletion of thecopula, deletion of the auxiliary, and subject - verb variation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In essence, this decision results in a distinction betweencopulaand auxiliary functions of is and are.
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For the dependent variable of zerocopula, there are three variants.
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Figure 3 summarizes the distributions of the zerocopulaby following grammatical environment.
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Especially thecopulaseems to ensure that the subject and the predicate are in a definite logical relationship.
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They never attempt to invert main verbs (other thancopulabe).
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At the same time, we did see development in language-specific inflectional morphology and syntax required for copulas and lexical main verbs.
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The first finite forms usually are modals and thecopula\\auxiliary is, supplemented by a limited set of stative lexical verbs.
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For this variable, the zerocopulais near-categorical in conversation styles, occurring with 90% frequency.
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Specifically, are and preceding vowels favorcopulaabsence, whereas is and preceding consonants disfavorcopulaabsence.
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The sociolinguistic approach tocopulacontrast does not surface in the textbooks or in classroom discussion.
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Minor register variation patterns are introduced by variation in equational andcopulaverb constructions, and by avoidance of some of the case variables.
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Copulacan modify a verb phrase only if the value of the feature (headcopula) is allowed.
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