"Junges Girl mit Mama und Papa" [NT]

[Laurence Horn]

At 12:02 PM -0400 11/6/10, Wilson Gray wrote:
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>-Wilson
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Curiously, with neuter gender marking on the article, presumably
because "Girl" inherits the feature from "Maedchen", which is neuter
because of the diminutive suffix.

Was this a caption, Wilson?

LH

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