Odstupanja od pravopisne norme u bilježenju vokativa
Deviations from the Orthographic Norm in Writing Vocatives

Summary/Abstract: After introductory remarks on the vocative, the paper provides an overview of what has been written about the vocative in contemporary orthography manuals of the Croatian language, i.e., it lists the orthography rules regarding the use of vocatives in written texts, and then provides examples of deviations from these spelling rules. Although in the vast majority of cases it does not affect the meaning and understanding of the text, the paper shows that deviations from the spelling norm in writing vocatives can sometimes cause communication misunderstandings. It has been observed that the omission of a comma in writing vocatives is particularly common when the vocative is accompanied by an exclamation, and therefore the paper proposes that in future editions of the Croatian orthography manuals it should be emphasized that the vocative should be separated by a comma even when it is preceded by an exclamation.

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