Dr. Ti Alkire

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Ti Alkire has taught both French and Italian language at all levels and has received a Russell Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has developed specialized language classes such as Pronunciation Standard French, stylistics, French translation, French reading for graduates, and Old French. Furthermore, he teaches a course on the history of Romance languages along with a First-Year Writing Seminar on semiotics. Alkire received his B.A. and M.A. in French Language and Civilization from Middlebury College, followed by a Ph.D. in Romance Studies from Cornell University. His graduate training included study at Université Paris X (Nanterre) and the Sorbonne’s Centre d’argotologie, as well as Université Paris V (René Descartes). His dissertation, written under the direction of linguist and semiotician Linda Waugh, applies Jakobsonian and Peircean theory to the analysis of Raymond Queneau’s Exercices de style and its English and Italian translations.

Research Interests

Courses

FREN 2092: Pronunciation Standard French FREN 3160: Translating French: Theory Practice FREN 6300: French Reading Graduates

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture