The way sentences are pronounced, express much more than just the
information that are lexically encoded in the words. Studies of how prosody can
signal the structure of spoken language are often motivated by practical
applications, such as speech synthesis (Wichmann, 2014). This study investigates
the intonation patterns in the Persian speakers‟ English Interlanguage and the
possible differences in the intonation patterns, and whether this Interlanguage does
or does not respond to the printed form of the text. It further examines whether the
terms “paragraph†and “paratones†should be assumed as synonymous in Persian
speakers‟ English Interlanguage. The results indicate that the intonation patterns
among the Persian speakers‟ English Interlanguage are remarkably different from
each other. The results further show that the readers usually do not respond to the
printed form of the text in Persian English Interlanguage. The study concludes that
the terms “paragraphs†and “paratones†are not synonymous in Persian speakers‟
English Interlanguage. Key words: Discourse intonation, paragraph intonation,
pitch reset, topics, paratones.