1. Social Meaning and Linguistic Variation: Theoretical Foundations Lauren Hall-Lew, Emma Moore and Robert J. Podesva; Part I. Where is (Social) Meaning?: 2. Social Meaning and Sound Change Lauren Hall-Lew, Amanda Cardoso and Emma Davies; 3. The Social Meaning of Syntax Emma Moore; 4. The Social Meaning of Semantic Properties Andrea Beltrama and Laura Staum Casasanto; 5. Pragmatics and the Third Wave: The Social Meaning of Definites Eric K. Acton; 6. The Cognitive Structure behind Indexicality: Correlations in Tasks Linking /s/ Variation and Masculinity Kathryn Campbell-Kibler; Part II. The Structure of Social Meaning: 7. Sociolinguistic Signs as Cognitive Representations Annette D'Onofrio; 8. Perceptions of Style: A Focus on Fundamental Frequency and Perceived Social Characteristics Katie Drager, Kate Hardeman Guthrie, Rachel Schutz and Ivan Chik; 9. Features, Meanings, and Indexical Fields Marie Maegaard and Nicolai Pharao; 10. Reconciling Seemingly Conflicting Social Meanings Roey J. Gafter; 11. Biographical Indexicality: Personal History as a Frame of Reference for Social Meaning in Variation Devyani Sharma; Part III. Meaning and Linguistic Change: 12. Emergence of Social Meaning in Sociolinguistic Change Qing Zhang; 13. Multiethnolect and Dialect in and across Communities Pia Quist; 14. Changing Language, Changing Character Types Rebecca Lurie Starr; 15. Social Meaning and the Temporal Dynamics of Sound Change Meredith Tamminga; 16. The Role of the Body in Language Change Robert J. Podesva; 17. Afterword Penelope Eckert.