- Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan
Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan ( _mn. Юмжирийн Мөнх-Амгалан) (*1956 in
Bayanmönkh, Khentii [http://www.burhanhaldun.mn/index.php?view=article&catid=9%3A2008-03-25-04-33-01&id=110%3A2008-04-04-13-44-38&option=com_content&Itemid=13] ) is a Professor oflinguistics at theNational 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 andsyntax . He is most noted for his pioneering work on modern Mongolian modality as well as his work on comparative Mongoliandialectology .Mönkh-Amgalan has taught
linguistics at the National University of Mongolia since 1979. He has taught Mongolian atBloomington, Indiana from 2001 onwards [Ю.Мөнх-Амгалан: Монгол хvн голдуу өөр дээрээ туршилт хийдэг: Interview with M. Saruul-Erdene [http://www.tsahimurtuu.mn/main/20040608308.htm] ] . Currently he is chair of the Sh. Luvsanvandan Department of Mongolian Linguistics, School of Mongolian Language and Culture, National University of Mongolia.Notable publications
*Yumjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan (with S. Möömöö) (1984) "Orchin üyeiin mongol khel ayalguu" [Contemporary Mongolian languages and dialects] , Ulaanbaatar: Shinjlekh ukhaany akademiin khevlekh üildver [Academy of Sciences Press] , 354 pp.
*(1998) "Orchin tsagiin mongol khelnii baimjiin ai" [The category of modality in Contemporary Mongolian] , 2nd edition, Ulaanbaatar: MONTSAME Agentlagiin khevlekh üildver [MONTSAME Printing House] , ISBN 99929-951-2-2. 370 pp.References
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