La naturaleza relacional del lenguaje revelada a través de casos anómalos y creativos

Autores/as

  • José María Gil Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1216-7110

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.57.023

Palabras clave:

redes relacionales, errores, juegos de palabras, lapsus, creatividad, procesos cognitivos

Resumen

This article contrasts seven types of linguistic “marginal cases” through a relational perspective: misunderstandings, linguistic errors, conceptual errors, Freudian slips, unintended puns, intentional puns, and poetic creativity. Far from being accidental or peripheral, these phenomena reveal the structured and dynamic nature of language. Drawing on examples from English, Spanish, German, and Mapudungun, the analysis shows how phonological similarity, lexical salience, contextual conditions, and cultural background shape both intended meanings and miscommunication. While slips and errors expose the fragility of reference, poetic and playful uses highlight language’s power to create new conceptual links or even suspend oppositions. Errors and creativity thus emerge not as random accidents but as patterned outcomes of network processes that connect language, cognition, and culture. By situating the poles of error and creativity within a single framework, the article clarifies the difference between referential failure and deliberate invention. Ultimately, so-called marginal cases provide a privileged entry point into language, showing that communication is less a smooth transfer of information than a continuous process of activation and transformation within relational networks.

Biografía del autor/a

José María Gil, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata

holds a degree in Humanities from Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina) and completed postgraduate research at the University of Birmingham, England (with a British Council scholarship). He earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Universidad de La Plata (Argentina) and conducted postdoctoral research at Rice University in the United States (as a Fulbright Scholar). He has taught at the primary, secondary, and university levels, both in undergraduate and graduate programs. Thanks to several international grants and fellowships, he has worked in England, Mexico, Italy, the United States, China, Uruguay, and Peru.
He has published more than one hundred works on linguistics, philosophy of science, and education, including around seventy peer-reviewed articles in indexed journals. He is a Full Professor of Logic and Thesis Workshop in the Department of Philosophy at Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina) and an Independent Researcher at Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de Argentina (CONICET). His current research focuses on language teaching through literature, with a particular emphasis on Borges’s texts in secondary education. He also directs the interdisciplinary project “Dialéctica Virtuosa de la Educación” (“Virtuous Dialectic of Education”), under which he coordinates several international agreements involving teaching, research, and development.

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12-12-2025

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Gil, J. M. (2025). La naturaleza relacional del lenguaje revelada a través de casos anómalos y creativos. nales e Lingüística, (15), 175–211. https://doi.org/10.48162/rev.57.023

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