Edited by Fangfang Li, Karen E. Pollock and Robbin Gibb
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 10] 2020
► pp. 249–274
Phon, the software program behind the PhonBank database, offers a set of functions useful to the analysis of phonological and acoustic data. In this paper, I provide an illustrated description of the most central query and reporting functions currently available within Phon, including a discussion of how these functions are readily applicable to research on second language acquisition. I also describe, however with a lesser amount of detail, how the Phon query functions can be used to obtain acoustic measurements of audio recordings. Finally, I provide an overview of pre-defined analyses built into Phon which are commonly used in research on phonological development and speech disorders. Throughout the paper, I discuss related topics, which range from technical issues in data preparation to the larger, community-level importance of data sharing as a condition for the future of this software and database development projects.