vocative expression

in syntax, a noun phrase which identifies the addressee, sometimes to catch its attention

en-US/ˈvɑkətɪv ɪksˈpɹɛʃən/
en-GB/ˈvəʊkəˌtɪv ɪkˈspɹɛʃn/

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sentence constituentsyntactic function