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Laughter and the joke are among the oldest expressions of human culture. They reflect the social, psychological, and aesthetic layers of human thought. This article analyzes the main scholarly approaches and theories used in the study of jokes within American folklore. It highlights the differences between the literary-genre interpretation of the joke in Uzbek folklore studies and the social-functional approach developed in American folklore. In contemporary folkloristics, three major theories are widely applied to the study of jokes: Relief Theory, Incongruity Theory, and Superiority Theory. These theories were formed on an international scale and later developed extensively within American folklore studies. Although these theories are not fully established as formal terminology in Uzbek folkloristics, they are used in terms of their conceptual content.
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