Content of review 1, reviewed on November 16, 2020

The article discusses the discourse of Saudi Vision 2030 by using corpus-assisted critical discourse analysis (CACDA) approaches. The topic is interesting and seems not well-researched. However, I think the article may benefit from some improvement before the publication.

First, the aim of the study is not clear. It should be stated clearly in the introduction. The introduction is also too short. There should be more description of Saudi Vision 2030. What is it? Why is it important to be analysed?

Second, previous related studies should be discussed in the introduction in order to know how this paper can contribute to the current literature. Also, previous studies using CACDA should be described to show how this approach can help answer your question. These should be put before Data and Methodology section.

Third, the data and methodology are clearly described. However, there should be more justification for combining Brown Family corpora and PWE. The PWE corpus should be explained in more details since it is not familiar or publicly available corpus.

Additionally, analyses and discussions are clear, but the current results should be compared with relevant studies (which are absent in the introduction or literature review). Are there any previous studies that corroborate or contradict your findings? Also, figure 1, 2, 5 and 7 are not clearly visible. To show the keywords and concordances, you can put them in a Table to make them more visible.

Lastly, several major references in the corpus-assisted critical discourse studies, including Baker et al.’s (2008), and some recent studies using CACDA should be added.

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