age targets for TV language

[Eak31852 at aol.com]

RE: EdyVeneziano's question about the assumption that interesting language
needs to reflect charachteristics of the viewers...

There was early popular press that the Teletubbies were unique in targetting
a younger audience (than, say Sesame Street) and so, reflected earlier
language development characteristics. Early reports claimed the language was
"babbling".

I am curious too whether anyone in this discussion is making the assumption
that early language users are more interested in hearing "their own tongue."
-- That seems to have been an assumption of the TV programmers, in this case.

The original question was based on Shanley's class assignment "Is the
Teletubbies language helpful, detrimental, or neither to language
development?"

Elizabeth K.