Verbal Ellipsis in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneKumer, Larisa (Avtor) Jurančič, Klementina Penelope (Mentor) verbal ellipsisHarry Pottercohesionnon-finite verbal formsThis master’s thesis analyses verbal ellipsis in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. It explores cohesion through the lens of systemic functional grammar, focusing on its role as an intersentential cohesive element. The study gives particular attention to verbal ellipsis as a cohesive device operating across sentence boundaries, analysing its application through both finite and non-finite verbal forms, with a special focus on the latter. In doing so, the research integrates the semantic dimension of verbal ellipsis within functional grammar with the syntactic function of non-finite verbal forms as conceived in structuralism theory. The idea was based on Jurančič’s (1994) hypothesis that there are less non-finite verbal forms used in Slovene than in English language. Finite and non-finite verbal ellipsis were structurally analysed. Then statistical analysis was conducted by comparing examples of lexical and operator verbal ellipsis, and the existence of both in narrative text and dialogue.L. Kumer20252025-05-23 11:21:19Magistrsko delo/naloga92899UDK: 81'367.625(043.2)COBISS_ID: 242566403sl