Whereas three beats are normally enough to determine two measures of equal duration, the minimal metrical formula seems generally to be composed of 2-2 beats, the pairing of two couples of beats, from which can be derived periodical series of 2-2 beats (repeated slogans) or elaborations by metrical… read more
In Please, she said, comme in, the parenthetical she said is rather postponed to Please than inserterted in the middle of Please,[..],come in. It is not responsible for the fact that the occurrence Please, (come in) means that these words have been uttered; this meaning fundamentally belongs to the… read more