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Dr. Ko Lay, M.A.

Associate Professor (Burmese Linguistics and Literature)

Department of Myanmar

Postal address:
University of Yangon, University P.O.
Yangon 11041
The Union of Myanmar (Burma)

Curriculum vitae

1964	Born in Thandwe (Burma)
1981-82	Studied at the Sittway Regional College
1983-86	Studied Burmese linguistics and literature at the University of Yangon
1984	B.A. (Burmese linguistics and literature)
1986-91	Tutor at Workers' College, Yangon
1990	M.A. ("Phonology of the Northern Rakhine Dialect")
1991-94	Tutor at Pyay College
1994-95	Assistant Lecturer at Pyay College
1995-97	Assistant Lecturer at the University of Foreign Languages, Yangon
1997-99	Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Myanmar, University of Yangon
Since 1999	Lecturer at the Department of Myanmar, University of Yangon
2000-02	Ph.D. candidate in the DAAD Sandwich Programme at the Freie Universität Berlin
since 2003	Associate Professor at the Department of Myanmar, University of Yangon

Main fields of activity

`•`	Research into Burmese
`•`	Burmese linguistics and literature
`•`	Application of Integrational Linguistics

Current research projects

`•`	The verb in Burmese

List of publications

1995	"The Myanmar language is Myanmar's". Pyay College Magazine. [in Burmese]
1996	The Myanmar language for foreigners. Basic level and proficiency course. (Handout, University of Foreign Languages, Yangon). [in Burmese]
1998a	"Phonology of the Northern Rakhine dialect". Myanmar Research Journal III/1 (1998) (Department of Myanmar, University of Yangon). [in Burmese]
1998b	"Junctors in the Myanmar language". New Style Magazine. [in Burmese]
1999	"Parts of speech in Myanmar". Myanmar Research Journal IV/1 (1999) (Department of Myanmar, University of Yangon). [in Burmese]

Lectures & conference presentations

1997	"A comparison of nasalized vowels in Myanmar and Rakhine". 77th Anniversary of Yangon University Conference, Dec.8, 1997. [in Burmese]
1998	"Parts of speech in Myanmar". 78th Anniversary of Yangon University Conference, Dec.2, 1998. [in Burmese]
1999	"The role of the glottal stop in Myanmar phonology". Paper presented at the Department of Myanmar, University of Yangon. [in Burmese]