Bringing together “identity as agency” (Schiffrin, 1996; De Fina, 2003), Bamberg’s (1997) three-level positioning, and Tannen’s (2008) narrative types, I analyze three interview narratives of Korean women coerced into the Japanese military’s sexual slavery during World War II, commonly known as “comfort women”. Through an eye toward “others” – e.g., Japanese soldiers, “comfort station” managers, interviewers, and sociocultural and sociopolitical forces – I investigate the manipulation of the women’s agency with their identities positioned as victims, rather than survivors. Meaning-making strategies, such as “constructed dialogue” (Tannen, 2007[1989]), repetition, deixis, and third turns, present the ways in which various others objectify and marginalize the women as well as control their stories. These illuminate how the women’s identities are granted and defined by others. This other-granted identity work reinforces aspects of language ideologies and ideologies of being silenced.

结合“作为代理人的身份”（Schiffrin，1996 ；De Fina，2003）、Bamberg（1997）的三级定位和Tannen（2008）的叙事类型，我分析了韩国女性被迫成为日本军方性奴役的三种采访叙事二战期间，俗称“慰安妇”。通过对“其他人”的关注——例如，日本士兵、“慰安所”管理人员、采访者以及社会文化和社会政治力量——我调查了对妇女机构的操纵，并将她们的身份定位为受害者，而不是幸存者。意义建构策略，如“建构对话”（Tannen，2007[1989])、重复、指示语和第三轮，展示了其他人如何客观化和边缘化女性以及控制她们的故事。这些阐明了妇女的身份是如何被他人授予和定义的。这种他人授予的身份工作强化了语言意识形态和沉默意识形态的各个方面。