Relative pronouns - Kankeishi

Japanese: 関係詞 - かんけいし
Relative pronouns - Kankeishi

...For example, there may be a small number of short words that are attached to a noun to express some meaning (such as whether it is known or not, etc.), and the parts of speech that these form are often called "articles." Also, some languages ​​use special words as linkers when modifying a noun with a sentence-like structure, and these often form parts of speech called "relatives," but these are few in number and tend to have subcategories within them. Linguistically speaking, the existence of a part of speech does not require that it contain two or more words.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "relative pronouns" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…たとえば,名詞に付着してなんらかの意味(たとえば,既知のものであるか否か,等々)をあらわす少数にして短い単語が存在することがあり,それらが形成する品詞は〈冠詞〉と呼ばれることが多い。また,ある名詞を文によく似た構造のもので修飾する際に,なんらかの特別の単語を結びつけ役として使用する言語があり,それらは〈関係詞〉と呼ばれる品詞を形成することが多いが,そうしたものも数が少なく,かつ,その内部に下位範疇が存在しがちである。 なお,言語学的にいえば,品詞の存在にとって,それに属する単語が必ず二つ以上あるということは必要条件ではない。…

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