When you have completed your first Linguistics Project, begin researching your word. Look up the word in as many dictionaries you can find. Go to the library and check how many different dictionaries we have in our reference section and the general collection. HOWEVER: you must start with the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster’s Third International (W3)--both available online. Read these definitions and understand them. Take notes: trace the historical development(s) of the word. Look at the etymology of the word (look up any abbreviations you don't know). Ask me for help if you need it. Follow up hyperlinks and internal references. Look at the possible spellings of the word— can you account for any changes? What sort of semantic shifts (if any) have occurred? Now take all this information and explain it, in your own words. Perhaps start with the etymology and then explain (not report—know the difference!) the development of the word, paying attention to dates of citations.