| 单词 | linking verb |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslinking verb b. spec. in Grammar. = copulative adj. 1. Also linking verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [adjective] > copulative copulative1654 linking1935 1935 G. O. Curme Parts of Speech iv. 66 Linking verbs... The copula..performs..the function of announcing the predicate... Its use spread because there was an absolute need of such a linking word. 1952 A. H. Marckwardt Introd. Eng. Lang. ii. 115 Adjectives may also be..separated from the nouns they modify by a linking or copulative verb. 1967 W. N. Francis Eng. Lang. ii. 58 The construction is called linking or copulative... The following are typical linking constructions. 1972 R. Quirk et al. Gram. Contemp. Eng. xii. 820 The verb in sentences with subject complement is a ‘copula’ (or linking verb), which of itself has little meaning but functions as a link between the complement and subject. < as lemmas |
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