La modalisation du discours de soi : éléments de description sémantique des expressions pour moi, selon moi et à mon avis

In this article we compare three expressions of modalization of the discourse of the speaker: pour moi, selon moi et o mon avis in exophrastic use. Semantically related, these expressions share the characteristic that they communicate a "view of the mind". They present however some differences of meaning as shown by their conditions of use. Pour moi fits best for the expression of completely individual views of the mind, sometimes having no link with reality and truth (Pour moi tu es mort). À mon avis and selon moi present the view of the mind as related to reality and truth, with a mon avis permitting the expression of spontaneous views of the mind as nearly instinctive reactions to a situation while selon moi presents them, on the contrary, as well weighed up, assessed.Coltier Danielle, Dendale Patrick. La modalisation du discours de soi : éléments de description sémantique des expressions pour moi, selon moi et à mon avis. In: Langue française, n°142, 2004. Procédés de modalisation : l'atténuation, sous la direction de Pierre Patrick Haillet. pp. 41-57