Oral genres of humor

The article discusses humorous conversational activities ((e.g. jokes, teasing, joint fantasizing) in the context of genre theory. high degree creativity, emergent construction and artistry typical humor call for a flexible concept which makes sense modifications transgressions communicative processes. Some forms are generic, example, standardized fantasizing or teasing. Other exploit our knowledge serious genres activity types (thereby relying on it): e.g. stories about problems, gossiping counseling. Here keying is done from start such way that mode understanding undermined. Generic boundaries often transgressed hybridized joking; new sub-types arise, as absurd meta-jokes violate well-known expectation punch-line other features genre. Nevertheless, realizations these related only by sort family resemblance. intertextuality plays another important role analyzing oral humor. Genre also employed when speakers expected patterns further information located precisely violation. shows co-construction an phenomenon, with knowledge.