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This chapter proposes a description of applicative constructions in five Uto-Aztecan (UA) languages (Pima Bajo, Northern Tepehuan, Tarahumara, Guarijío and Yaqui) spoken in Northwestern (NW) Mexico. Two main types of applicative can be distinguished in each language. The first type is an optional peripheral applicative, in which the applied phrase refers to a non-core participant (usually, a beneficiary) that has been promoted to the object position comparing to the base construction, in which it can be encoded as an oblique (usually, introduced by a benefactive postposition). The second type is an obligatory central applicative, in which the applied phrase refers to a central (essential) non-patient participant in the event denoted by the verb (recipient/ goal, stimulus, source, etc.); this participant cannot be encoded at all in the construction with the underived form of the same verb. In both types, the applied object is usually a human participant. After exploring some aspects of the syntax, the semantics and the pragmatics of applicativization in these languages, the study also presents the causative/ applicative syncretism found in the data, and discusses some cases of applicative lookalikes (lexicalized applicatives, applicative deponents).
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