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vocative
vocative [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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Creating vocative texts.(Report)
Sep 01, 2008; Vocative texts are expressive poetic texts that strive to show rather than tell, that communicate felt knowledge, and that appeal...
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vocative
Jan 01, 1997; vocative. Form traditionally characterized by use in calling someone or in getting their attention. Thus the archaic O of We...
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Merc's E-vocative new executive.(Motoring)
Apr 02, 2009; BYLINE: Denis Droppa WELCOME home. It's the catchprase of the new Mercedes-Benz E-class launched to the world's media in Madrid...
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Eliot's The Waste Land.(TS Eliot)(Critical Essay)
Jan 01, 2004; Many critics have claimed that Eliot's The Waste Land exemplifies all supposable forms of fragmentation (see, for example,...
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Early Narrative Christology: The Lord in the Gospel of Luke
Jul 01, 2007; (ProQuest-CSA LLC: denotes Greek characters omitted (or Cyrillic characters omitted C. KAVIN ROWE, Early Narrative Christology:...
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