RabenkoTatyanaGennadievnaCountry: RussiaCity: KemerovoCompany: Kemerovo State University, Russia, 650043, Kemerovo, Krasnaya street, 6 Position: Docent, Chair of General Liguistics and Slavic LanugagesScientific degree: Candidate of Philological SciencesE-mail: Rabenko@mail.ru Author's articles Gossip: Humorous Genre Type (on the Material of the Story by A. Averchenko «Gossip»)