The fundamental context categories in understanding communicative intention

Humor context is separated into 3 dimensions: physical, temporal and experiential.

The physical dimension of context encompasses the categories Access, Space, and Move 

The temporal dimension describe factors which are affected by the sequence in time of the occurrence of the associated events

The experiential dimension :the most complex of all contextual dimensions

                                                Encompasses all factors related to the intangible memory of the mind

                                               These factors include but are not limited to social setting, culture, personality, world view, knowledge, discourse, status, etc.

Bosco, F. M., Bucciarelli, M. and Bara, B. G. (2004) ‘The fundamental context categories in understanding communicative intention’, Journal of Pragmatics, 36(3), pp. 467–488. doi: 10.1016/s0378-2166(03)00055-9.