Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan ( mn, Юмжирийн Мөнх-Амгалан) (born 1956 in
Bayanmönkh, Khentii) is a Professor of
Linguistics
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at the
National University of Mongolia
The National University of Mongolia ( mn, Монгол Улсын Их Сургууль, ''Mongol Ulsyn Ikh Surguuli'', abbreviated ''NUM'' or ''MUIS'') is a public university primarily located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Established in 1942, it is ...
.
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
Modality may refer to:
Humanities
* Modality (theology), the organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations
* Modality (music), in music, the subject concerning certain diatonic scales
* Modalitie ...
,
pragmatics
In linguistics and related fields, pragmatics is the study of how context contributes to meaning. The field of study evaluates how human language is utilized in social interactions, as well as the relationship between the interpreter and the in ...
,
semantics
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and
syntax
In linguistics, syntax () is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, grammatical relations, hierarchical sentence structure (constituency ...
. He is most noted for his pioneering work on modern Mongolian modality as well as his work on comparative Mongolian
dialectology Dialectology (from Greek , ''dialektos'', "talk, dialect"; and , '' -logia'') is the scientific study of linguistic dialect, a sub-field of sociolinguistics. It studies variations in language based primarily on geographic distribution and their asso ...
.
Mönkh-Amgalan has taught
linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...
at the National University of Mongolia since 1979. He has taught Mongolian at
Bloomington, Indiana
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from 2001 onwards. 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.
Mönkh-Amgalan's webpage at the Mongolian State University
Notable publications
*Yumjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan (with Sürengiin Möömöö
Sürengiin Möömöö ( mn, Сүрэнгийн Мөөмөө) was a Mongolian linguist and chess player. He was born in 1930 in Khyargas, Uvs, and died on 7 July 2021 due to illness.
Linguistics career
Sürengiin Möömöö graduated from the ...
) (1984) ''Orchin üyeiin mongol khel ayalguu'' ontemporary Mongolian languages and dialects Ulaanbaatar: Shinjlekh ukhaany akademiin khevlekh üildver cademy of Sciences Press 354 pp.
*(1998) ''Orchin tsagiin mongol khelnii baimjiin ai'' he category of modality in Contemporary Mongolian 2nd edition, Ulaanbaatar: MONTSAME Agentlagiin khevlekh üildver ONTSAME Printing House . 370 pp.
References
1956 births
Living people
Mongolists
Dialectologists
Academic staff of the National University of Mongolia
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