Introductory Textbooks

[Strasheim, Dwayne]

Hi.  I'm a newcomer to the list, and I hope it's okay to ask questions
about textbooks in the field.  I teach an introductory January Term
course called American English Dialects, an undergraduate,
lower-division, no-prerequisite course.  My current text is Wolfram and
Schilling-Estes, American English:  Dialects and Variation, which I like
a great deal, except that some of my beginners in linguistics find it
difficult reading in spots.  Can members of the list suggest other
introductory textbooks that I might consider for such a course?
 
Thank you.
 
Dwayne Strasheim, Ph.D.
Professor of English & Linguistics
Dean Emeritus
Hastings College
710 North Turner Avenue
Hastings, NE  68901-7621
Phone:  402-461-7736
dstrasheim at hastings.edu