@article{oai:miyazaki-mu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00001301, author = {福田, 稔 and FUKUDA, Minoru}, issue = {1}, journal = {宮崎公立大学人文学部紀要, Bulletin of Miyazaki Municipal University Faculty of Humanities}, month = {Mar}, note = {The main goal in this paper is to establish a theoretical foundation so that the syntactic derivation of the middle field can be explained by means of the narrowsyntax operation Merge, in line with the mainstream of the Minimalist Program. Specifically, adopting Epstein, Kitahara, and Seely’s (2012) analysis, we propose that the syntactic derivation of the left periphery of νP, what is often referred to as the middle field, be explained by means of Merge, supporting Chomsky’ (2014) argument. As a consequence, what we call the Selection Problem is overcome. Two possible extensions of our proposal, as well as two consequences, are discussed. We also consider one of its most significant extended implications: in compliance with Chomsky, Gallego, and Ott’s (2019) claim, Rizzi’s (1997) left periphery analysis (i.e. syntactic cartography) is untenable any longer., 13, P, 論文, Article}, pages = {219--232}, title = {A Merge-based Analysis of the Left Periphery of νP}, volume = {27}, year = {2020}, yomi = {フクダ, ミノル} }