Sean Trott

Assistant Teaching Professor, University of California, San Diego

Sean Trott is an assistant teaching professor in the department of cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego. He studies how humans understand language and why languages look the way they do. He also teaches computational and statistical methods.

Written by Sean Trott

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As language evolves, who wins out: speakers or listeners?

As languages evolve, their characteristics reflect compromises between the competing interests of speakers and listeners

by Sean Trott