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zero copula
Lacking or omission of a "to be" verb, common in some languages and stylistic in others
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Lacking or omission of a "to be" verb, common in some languages and stylistic in others
2 identifiers linking zero copula across the web's reference databases
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Zero copula, also known as null copula, is a linguistic phenomenon whereby the subject is joined to the predicate without overt marking of this relationship. One can distinguish languages that simply do not have a copula and languages that have a copula that is optional in certain contexts.