EME theorists

Question 1

Richard Mulcaster

Answer 1

• 1580s
• wrote the first grammar and spelling guides for schools

Question 2

John Hart

Answer 2

• 1570
• criticises contemporary spelling practices of his day as chaotic & illogical
• argued for radically reformed orthography on phonological principles
• goal = intro spelling system with one-to-one relationship between sounds & symbols