If we accept that 'introspective judgments' are acceptability judgments, then Labov's rules of thumb are guides for when to deploy experimental methods, although they no doubt need refinement.
But this is still not enough to show that it is the best explanation and hence the one whose acceptance is thereby justified (assuming as we are the general acceptability of explanatory or abductive reasoning).
Only today!" From then on, Australia played with a physicality that bordered the limits of acceptability.
There is an ongoing mother-daughter disagreement in our house over the acceptability of fluorescent socks.
Its emphasis is not on what the boy learns – though that is less likely to be the existence of evil than the social acceptability of human sacrifice.
Tracks like All About That Bass, Shake It Off, Habits (Stay High) and Turn Down for What aren't preaching acceptability; they're encouraging individuality, whether that's through respecting your body, dismissing criticism or getting really drunk.
Ultimately, it seems the government is willing to defend some types of extremism, but the line of acceptability is not only blurred but purposely hidden behind legal lines.
"People considered the time of broadcast to be the single most important factor in determining the acceptability of violent content on TV," said Ofcom.
As some groups have moved up the social acceptability scale, others have slipped down.
Carr said: "Tax payments are not, and should not be … a payment viewed as a down payment on social acceptability, or a contribution made by choice in order to defuse public anger or political attack".
Sweeter still, Mr Modi's acceptability is not a product of his remorse or decisive acquittal, but of his power: winning an election in a country of 1.25 billion people.
