The Varieties of English for Specific Purposes dAtabase (VESPA): Towards a multi-L1 and multi-register learner corpus of disciplinary writing

The Varieties of English for Specific Purposes dAtabase (VESPA first release) is the result an international corpus compilation project that aims to address lack large-scale, open access, multi-L1, multi-discipline and multi-register learner corpora. This report provides a detailed description VESPA illustrates possible uses register exploration data. Specifically, it offers overview makeup online interface can be used search download corpus. It then gives illustrative example study where multi-dimensional analysis was investigate relative importance vis-à-vis other factors in academic writing. In concluding remarks, we identify priorities future developments project, including addition more L1 components, disciplines registers, as well comparable native student