Evolution of A Speech Genre
The Case of Russian Canned Jokes (Anekdoty)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12977750 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Елена Шмелева (0000-0003-2412-932X, corresponding author), Alexei Shmelev (0000-0002-5019-1525) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 171-184 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Russian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1940-9427 • E-ISSN: 1940-9419 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19409419.2009.10756749 |
| OpenAlex | W2094362461 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The article studies the Russian “anekdot” as a specific speech genre and its transformation in this century. It gives an account of the rules of telling jokes in Russian: formal means of introduction of a joke text into discourse, the setting of context, the “linguistic masks” of joke characters (linguistic clichés, accent, typical grammar mistakes, etc.), which correlate with their “behavior masks.” The article discusses the conceptualization of the world in Russian jokelore, what is taken for granted in Russian jokes, what one need to know to understand them, and the transformation of the”anekdot” in the last two decades. Canned jokes are very popular in Russia; joke-telling is practiced in everywhere among all ages. Several new characters of Russian jokelore have emerged since 1990. But reference to jokes has become more popular than joketelling nowadays. The paper looks at ways of using jokes in the present-day discourse (in particular, indirect allusions to jokes). Finally, the paper discusses some issues in the translation of jokes from and into Russian. In order to achieve a desired effect in the target language, it is sometimes necessary to change the characters of the original joke or to add an introduction
Art · Conceptualization · Context (archaeology · Grammar · Joke · Linguistics · Literature · Russian literature · Stress (linguistics · Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · History · Language, Communication, and Linguistic Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
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| Citation span | 2013 - 2014 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |