mˈæk wˈɪni dɪvˈɛləpt ænd dᵻɹˈɛkts ðə tʃˈaɪldəz ænd tˈɔːk bˈæŋk kˈɔːɹpoːɹə, tˈuː wˈaɪdli jˈuːzd dˈeɪɾəbˌeɪsᵻz fɔːɹ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ɐkwɪsˈɪʃən ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ.
MacWhinney developed and directs the CHILDES and TalkBank corpora, two widely used databases for language acquisition research.