No. That was not my intention. It's Friday night and I'm tired. I'm sorry if my communication came off that way.
I did not say that labeling everything leads to increased reading outcomes. I'm disagreeing with your statements that a print rich environment doesn't have any basis and that it has no effect on literacy skills.
Here are some places to start:
Integrating Environmental Print Across the Curriculum, PreK-3: Making Literacy Instruction Meaningful
Handbook of Early Literacy Reseach vol 3