| Table of Contents | 3 |
| INTRODUCTION | 4 |
| I. The Past and Present of Humour in Slovakia | 7 |
| I.1 Audience and Theories of Taste | 10 |
| I.2 Tastes and Taste Publics of Slovak Humour | 15 |
| I.3 Identifying Humour Styles | 16 |
| I.4 Social Background and Humour | 21 |
| I.5 The Relationship of Age and Humour Outside Clusters | 26 |
| I.6 Comparing Results | 31 |
| II. Joke-telling and Topics for Humour | 34 |
| II.1. The Joke in the Netherlands and USA | 35 |
| II.1.1 The Dutch Study | 36 |
| II.1.2 The US Study | 37 |
| II.1.3 The Slovak study | 39 |
| II.2 Considering individual jokes | 43 |
| II.3 Conclusion | 54 |
| III. Summary of results | 56 |
| References | 63 |
| Appendix – Questionnaire | 66 |