n.the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
同义词：vocative case
adj.relating to a case used in some languages
"vocative verb endings"
vocatives例句
Vocatives Vocatives Vocatives Vocatives : how syntax meets with pragmatics Vocatives and the pragmatics–syntax interface Vocatives and third‐person imperatives in English Vocatives: a double-edged strategy in intercultural discourse among graduate students "What's in a Name?": Vocatives in Casual Conversations and Radio Phone-in Calls Pragmatic Functions and Translation of Vocatives in English and Chinese Uniformity and diversity in the syntax of evaluative vocatives The distribution and function of vocatives in American and British English conversation On "Language is a mirror of society"-A Sociolinguistic Approach to Vocatives On the formal and functional relationship between topics and vocatives: Evidence from French
