What is a relative pronoun?

Definition
	A relative pronoun is a pronoun that
	marks a relative clause functions grammatically within the relative clause, and is coreferential to the word modified by the relative clause.

Example (English)
	The man who comes next

Sources
	Hartmann and Stork 1972 195
	Quirk, Greenbaum, Leech, and Svartvik 1985 365

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Concept module: relative pronoun
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): R
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
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