Copula - The Existence Of The Statement

The research of copula"word to be"is originated in Ancient Greece. For more than two thousand years, it is one of the cores of western humanism. And it is also the key to western philosophy. The foundation of"ontology", the first philosophy of western philosophy history, is"being". Therefore, in order to understand western philosophy, the key point is to understand"being".The translation of copula in Chinese depends on our understanding of western philosophy. The way of translation is also a hot topic of discussion of academic circles. Copula is the foundation of western philosophy, and it is also very important in the research of philosophy of language. In sentences, copula connects subject and predicate, and set truth value to the later. At the same time, copula reflects the development of language. The impetus of its changing——"human". This point is neglected before in the research of linguistics. To excavate this function of copula is the aim of this paper.