Universal 1630: polysynthesis ⇒ ¬ NP reflexive

Original: All polysynthetic languages will lack overt NP anaphors, at least as objects.
Standardized: IF there is polysynthesis, THEN there will be no NP reflexive.
Keywords: polysynthesis, anaphor, pronoun, reflexive
Domain: morphology, syntax
Type: implication
Status: achronic
Quality: statistical
Basis: Polysynthetic languages like Mohawk (Iroquoian), Nahuatl (Uto-Aztecan), Kiowa (Kiowa- Tanoan), Gunwinjguan (Gunwingguan, Australian), Wichita (Caddoan), Chukchi (Chukchi-Kamchatkan), Ainu (isolate). Non-polysynthetic languages like Greenlandic (Eskimo-Aleut), Lakhota (Siouan), Slave (Athabaskan), Alamblak (Sepik-Ramu), Chichewa (Bantoid, Niger-Congo), Choctaw (Muskogean)
Source: Baker 1996: 50

Counterexamples: Chukchi (Chukchi-Kamchatkan) has NP reflexive, but it is barred from appearing in argument position (Baker 1996: 51ff.)

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