Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan

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Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan (Mongolian : Юмжирийн Мөнх-Амгалан) (born 1956 in Bayanmönkh, Khentii [1] ) is a Professor of Linguistics at the National University of Mongolia.

Mönkh-Amgalan earned his M.A. (1979), PhD (1993), and Doctor of Science (1997) in linguistics from the National University of Mongolia. His research focuses on modern Mongolian modality, pragmatics, semantics and syntax. He is most noted for his pioneering work on modern Mongolian modality as well as his work on comparative Mongolian dialectology.

Mönkh-Amgalan has taught linguistics at the National University of Mongolia since 1979. He has taught Mongolian at Bloomington, Indiana from 2001 onwards. [2] From 2005 to 2009 he was chair of the Sh. Luvsanvandan Department of Mongolian Linguistics, School of Mongolian Language and Culture, National University of Mongolia. [3]

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References

  1. "Website not yet configured". www.burhanhaldun.mn. Archived from the original on 18 February 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. Ю.Мөнх-Амгалан: Монгол хvн голдуу өөр дээрээ туршилт хийдэг: Interview with M. Saruul-Erdene "Ю.Мөнх-Амгалан: Монгол хvн голдуу өөр дээрээ туршилт хийдэг. | Монгол Туургатны Цахим Өртөө Сүлжээ". Archived from the original on July 5, 2011. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
  3. Mönkh-Amgalan's webpage at the Mongolian State University Archived August 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine