Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan

Who is Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan?

Yümjiriin Mönkh-Amgalan is a Professor of linguistics at the National University of Mongolia.

Mönkh-Amgalan earned his M.A., PhD, and Doctor of Science 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. 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.