This paper develops an argument for the M-merger of Movement based on consideration of Holmberg`s Generalization[HG], well-documented constraint on object shift in the Scandinavian language. Assumed head-movement and phrasal movement are the same thing, Head undergoes movement to SPEC of XP in a same way as XP does. From the SPEC of XP, it is argued that head-merging operation called M-Merger happens. If Object is placed in the SPEC of XP, objects also undergo head-merging operation with verbs under rich morphological formations such as Icelandic full DP or Weak pronouns in mainland scandinavian. This operation assumed to be a morphological process showing a different pattern to that of syntax, which gives the reason why object shift shows the mixed nature in syntactic phenomena. It is argued also that the characterization of HG presented here can be explained in terms of M-Merger.

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