Concept: relative pronoun

Definition

A relative pronoun is a °relativizer that can carry a °flag or has distinct forms for the roles °A and °P.

Comments

Relativizers sometimes show gender or number distinctions reflecting the gender/number of the head noun, as in Standard Arabic, but do not carry a flag or distinguish syntactic roles. Such relativizers are not regarded as relative pronouns. (Cf. Comrie & Kuteva (2005: 494): "Note that the mere presence of a pronoun that is restricted to relative clauses, and is thus in some intuitive sense a relative pronoun, is not sufficient to define an instance of the pronoun strategy (Comrie 1998: 61-62). Such a relative pronoun can be case-marked, for instance, not to indicate its role in the relative clause, but rather to agree in case with the head noun in the main clause.")

Croft's comparative concept
relative pronoun (CXN):

relative pronoun (CXN) = a pronoun form that is unique to the relative clause construction, and is found in the externally headed relative clause construction using the relative pronoun strategy. Example: in He stole the emerald [which he gave to his wife], which is the relative pronoun. (Section 19.2.2)

Wikipedia
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SIL Glossary
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Quotation
Comrie & Kuteva (2005: 494) “[T]he position relativized is indicated inside the relative clause by means of a clause-initial pronominal element, and this pronominal element is case-marked (by case or by an adposition) to indicate the role of the head noun within the relative clause.” (http://wals.info/chapter/122) /// Michaelis et al. (2013) "a relative-clause marker is regarded as a relative pronoun if it has different subject and object forms ..., or if it can be combined with an adposition" (http://apics-online.info/parameters/92.chapter.html).
Sources
Comrie 1998; Comrie and Kuteva 2005; Michaelis et al. 2013