Børns gåder, gådevitser og vittigheder - i et genreperspektiv

Sammendrag

The article is a presentation and discussion on the concept of genre and methods in children's play culture, and it focuses on riddles, riddle jokes and jokes, which traditionally are being researched from a perspective of genre.
 On one hand, it is possible to identify typical patterns of similarities and differences of linguistic and rhetorical nature, both when looking at the material as isolated text, but also when a wider context of communication and interaction in the situation is included.
But these generalised patterns do not give a complete description of the material we normally define and label as riddle, riddle jokes and jokes.
 On the other hand, both children's forms of relations and interactions, and the phenomena of humour are so complex and dynamic, that it is important to involve other methods than the concept of genre.