We give an overview of experiments in which luminescence detection of
nonequilibrium phonons in semiconductors is used to study the interact
ion of acoustic phonons with two-dimensional excitons. Questions which
are specific for the 2D exciton-phonon interaction are discussed: mom
entum conservation in the exciton-phonon interaction; role of exciton-
exciton collisions; drag of 2D excitons by phonons; 2D excitons as a p
honon spectrometer.