<![CDATA[ABSTRACT This study uses a descriptive qualitative method. Data collection uses the listening method with note-taking techniques. Data analysis uses the pragmatic matching method with a sociolinguistic approach. The data sources used are six Sundanese fictional story books. The use of honorific vocatives in the form of whole words based on this study is found in nineteen data. There are three honorific vocatives in the form of whole words, namely Juragan 'Boss', gamparan 'Sir/Madam’, and Dunungan 'Employer' with a total of 13, 5, and 1 respectively. Honorific vocatives in the form of whole words are used by speakers towards speech partners at the level of familiar code and respectful code, six and thirteen data respectively so that their use is dominated by the respectful code. There are eight types of social relations between speakers and speech partners in the use of honorific vocatives in the form of whole words, namely (a) channels, (b) jobs, (c) suspects-investigators, (d) workers-guests employers, (e) husband-wife, (f) workers-employers wives, (g) workers-staff wives, and (h) patients-nurses with a dominant social relationship of acquaintances. Keywords: vocatives, honorific vocatives, whole words, speech level codes, social relations,]]>
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