出典:Wiktionary
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/18 02:35 UTC 版)
Zero copula is a linguistic phenomenon whereby the subject is joined to the predicate without overt marking of this relationship (like the copula 'to be' in English). One can distinguish languages that simply do not have a copula and languages that have a copula that is optional in some contexts.