gossip Gossip: Humorous Genre Type (on the Material of the Story by A. Averchenko «Gossip») The mechanism of gossip development being a plot-formative factor of a work of art is discussed in this article. Key language features of this genre implementation and verbal tactics are considered. Read more about Gossip: Humorous Genre Type (on the Material of the Story by A. Averchenko «Gossip»)