vocative expression

in syntax, a noun phrase which identifies the addressee, sometimes to catch its attention
Thing syntactic_function Q56312399
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vocative expression

Summary

vocative expression is a syntactic function[1]. It draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (syntactic_function category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • vocative expression's image is recorded as Modd cyfarchol.jpg[3].
  • vocative expression's instance of is recorded as syntactic function[4].
  • vocative expression's instance of is recorded as sentence constituent[5].
  • vocative expression's part of is recorded as sentence[6].
  • vocative expression's described at URL is recorded as https://universaldependencies.org/docs/en/dep/vocative.html[7].
  • vocative expression's described at URL is recorded as https://blackcatedit.com/2022/05/19/fiction-essentials-vocative-expressions/[8].
  • vocative expression's described at URL is recorded as https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/23412/la-ponctuation/virgule/la-virgule-et-les-apostrophes[9].
  • vocative expression's described at URL is recorded as https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/23339/la-ponctuation/point-dexclamation/le-point-dexclamation-avec-limperatif-et-les-mots-en-apostrophe[10].
  • vocative expression's described at URL is recorded as https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/24084/la-redaction-et-la-communication/figures-de-style/figures-jouant-sur-la-construction-de-la-phrase/lapostrophe[11].
  • vocative expression's described at URL is recorded as https://vitrinelinguistique.oqlf.gouv.qc.ca/fiche-gdt/fiche/45361/apostrophe[12].
  • vocative expression's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • vocative expression's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • vocative expression's used by is recorded as Universal Dependencies[15].
  • vocative expression's different from is recorded as vocative case[16].
  • vocative expression's different from is recorded as apostrophe[17].
  • vocative expression's different from is recorded as apostrophe[18].
  • vocative expression's uses is recorded as vocative case[19].
  • vocative expression's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121gvd2q[20].
  • vocative expression's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1211jnvk[21].

Why It Matters

vocative expression draws 16 Wikipedia views per month (syntactic_function category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). vocative expression. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/vocative-expression
MLA “vocative expression.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/vocative-expression.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_vocative-expression_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{vocative expression}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/vocative-expression}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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