On Path Diagrams and the Neurophenomenal Field in Bilinguals

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The article is a conceptual piece that examines the use of path diagrams as means of better understanding of cognitive-affective phenomenological aspects of bilingual conversations. The idea is speculative, of course. The author acknowledges it and I believe does a compelling job to show the merit of such approach by walking the readers through a few clear examples. I recommend the article for the publication in Languages. 

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

This is an interesting manuscript on path diagrams in the neurophenomenal field of bilinguism. While I think it is interesting, I think the manuscript needs a lot of revision. Firstly, the style does not follow a scientific style, it is rather informative.

On the other hand, the contribution of the work is not clear, and more theoretical justification with supporting citations is missing. Otherwise, it looks like an opinion. Also, this style contrasts with the small neuroanatomical part. I think a complete rewriting of the paper should be considered.

Others

-Please, do not use first person: e.g., "By way of illustration, I  consider the phenomenal field of an individual who is no longer fluent in the language of her par- 10 ents and whose parents do not speak her language"

-There are many statements without a citation: e.g. "Experimentally, our understanding of language use typically involves unpacking the  linguistic and cognitive processes with respect to some task or set of tasks."

-Core information in section 1 are depicted in table 1 but not in the main text

-Is figure 1 and 2...and so on are adaptations? Where from?

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Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Thank you for addressing most of my comments