' Language n. human speech; a variety of speech or body of words and idioms, esp. that of a nation; mode of expression; diction; any manner of expressing thought or feeling; bad language - dead language - living language.'
(CHAMBERS 20TH CENTURY
DICTIONARY)
That definition is expanded by the dictionary's editor Betty Kirkpatrick. Frank Delaney 's other guests are the grammarian,
Randolph Quirk , and Christopher Ricks , Professor of English at Cambridge University.
Director PIIILIP CHILVERS
Producer FRANCES WHITAKER
(Frank visits Pebble Mill at One tomorrow, BBC1)