[Corpora-List] Average Daily Word Exposure

[Adam Funk]

[19/08/10 08:48] Paul Johnston wrote:
> Re
> As just one example of the kinds of issues involved, people once
> claimed that exposing infants to TV would increase their exposure
> to words and improve their rate of language learning.
> 
> Unfortunately, more recent studies have showed the opposite:
> an infant's rate of learning language *decreases* with the
> amount of exposure to TV.  Far more important than passive
> exposure is the emotional involvement of the child with
> caregivers and siblings in actively using language.
> 
>  
> 
> Do you have any more information on these studies?
> 
> Not work related but as having a one year old son and no television in
> the house ammunition to keep it that way with my wife saying we should
> get a TV would be useful ;-)

There are probably some references about them in Aric Sigman's book
_Remotely Controlled_ (which is particularly suitable for your "use case").

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