| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| vocative |
(v k´ t v) (KEY) [Lat.,=calling], in the grammar of certain languages (e.g., Latin), the case referring to a person addressed. In English a special intonation expresses the vocative, as in Look, Jack. |
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