copular

In some analyses, they are viewed as a form of verbal takeover by a copular strategy.

Constituent order within a clause is generally free, apart from copular clauses.

Other special uses of copular verbs are described in some of the following sections.

Catalan is a pro-drop language and has two copular verbs.

In all other instances the copular verb acts regularly.

They are sometimes called copula or copular verbs.

This confusion has led to focused study of these types of copular clauses.

In these cases, emphasis can be obtained by adding stress to the auxiliary or copular:

The result of this inversion is known as an inverse copular construction, e.g.

A copular verb is often considered to be part of the predicate, the remainder being called a predicative expression.

In this case too, if no other auxiliary or copular verb is present, do-support is required.

It has two copular verbs.

Another difficult case for identifying the subject is the so-called inverse copular construction, e.g.

Inversion and equation in copular sentences.

Portuguese also developed an additional copular verb ficar, with the meaning "to be located" and "to become."

The copular verb be is highly irregular, with the forms be, am, is, are, was, were, been and being.

The confusion occurs often with copular verbs, in particular with a form of be, e.g.

Inverse copular constructions are intriguing because they render the distinction between subject and predicative expression difficult to maintain.

A copular verb may also have other uses supplementary to or distinct from its uses as a copula.

Copular sentences and the architecture of grammar, Ph.D.

A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb.

As with typical do-support, this usage of do does not occur with other auxiliaries or a copular verb.

Copular clauses: Specification, predication, and equation.

The Syntax of Copular Structures.

The copular suffixes distinguish gender in all persons as well as clusivity in the 1st person.