Epistemic modals in J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone" and their Estonian translations

Abstract

This thesis analyses the epistemic modals in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and their Estonian translations. The aim of the thesis is to determine whether epistemic modals were expressed with Estonian modal verbs or with other modal markers in the Estonian version of the novel. The thesis comprises four sections: the introduction, literature review, analysis of epistemic modals and their translations and the conclusion. The introduction describes, in brief, modality, epistemic modality, research questions of the thesis and how epistemic modals were found for the analysis.