This study compares parent language directed at their toddlers while coviewing toddler-directed television and while storybook reading. Participants were 15- or 30- month-old children and their parent. A quantitative analysis of parent language revealed that it is more frequent, rich, and complex during reading relative to television viewing regardless of child age; although parents used more complex language and more diverse words with older children. The difference between media held even when the storybook text read aloud was not considered in the analysis. Consistent with the results of earlier research, shared book reading produces more and richer verbal interactions with toddlers than coviewing television and is thus more likely to positively influence early language development.

这项研究比较了在共同观看幼儿指导的电视和阅读故事书时针对幼儿的父母语言。参与者是 15 或 30 个月大的儿童及其父母。对父母语言的定量分析表明，无论孩子年龄大小，阅读过程中的母语都比看电视更频繁、更丰富、更复杂；尽管父母对年龄较大的孩子使用更复杂的语言和更多样化的词。即使在故事书文本大声朗读时，媒体之间的差异也没有在分析中考虑。与早期研究的结果一致，与共同看电视相比，共享图书阅读与幼儿产生更多、更丰富的口头互动，因此更有可能对早期语言发展产生积极影响。