Meaning of いく in 言っていきたい


> 自分の経験を話して気持ちが軽くなりました。また同じことが起きないように国に言って **いきたい**
> です。([source](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/k10013381091000/k10013381091000.html))  
>  By talking about our own experiences the mood lightens. We want to _keep
> on_ talking to the nation so the same thing doesn't happen again.

いく and くる as auxiliary verbs still cause me a lot of difficulty. Is this
sentence an example of this kind of ていく or have I completely misunderstood?
Does "keep on talking" seem like a reasonable translation for 言っていく? Any
enlightening explanation would be greatly appreciated.

Another last minute thought as I'm about to press the submit button. Maybe it
just means "to speak out". I'm now thinking this is the most likely
interpretation but still wondering if "keep on talking" is a possibility.




It does indicate that something will continue in the future, but it doesn’t
necessarily mean they will keep talking to the government about their
experiences over and over. It refers more to the continuous effort they are
going to make from now on. 言う here should be understood as meaning “to
demand.”




In my opinion, in your quoted passage "to speak out" is 正解.

My reading of your sentence is that 国に言っていきたい indicates a temporal
direction—"from now on"—but it's not a manifest declaration of intention. The
temporal/emotional point of reference is the interview. これから is omitted from
the utterance, and if put back in, it would refer to the time of the
utterance. The whole thing means something to the effect of: "Since the
conversation we held allowed us to talk and feel better, we would like to tell
the government to make efforts to prevent similar things (the situation that
many Covid-19 patients didn't get treatment) from happening."

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### Edit:

I am just a fellow learner, so take what I say with a grain of salt (or as Al
Pacino says, a punch of salt :) I understand @aguijonazo's explanation, and
can see why that's the case here. Plus, they are a very knowledgeable native
speaker, so I defer to them. But I don't think my interpretation is
incompatible with theirs.

Let's see another example:

> 「『暴露』と言うより、ある人物の告白に基づいて証言しました。沈黙を続けてすみませんでした。 **これから** はもっと真実を **言っていきます**
> 」とツイートした。([source](https://www.sanspo.com/article/20160315-IORL4RYBLZP4PLU6C35SNVBR6E/link-39Y84Z8XPH75D9MMAT67W11N8C/link-39Y84Z8XPH75D9MMAT67W11N8C/))  
>  (Kasahara) tweeted: "Rather than disclosing, I gave testimony based on
> someone's confession. I am sorry for having kept silent (on this matter).
> From now on, I will speak the truth."

This is another example where you see a change announced in a statement. This
is what J. L. Austin would call a [performative
utterance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_utterance). Kasahara
declares that he will give the public more true information from that point
onward. By making that declaration, he changes the reality that he is
describing. The previous state of being of that reality was: Kasahara was
keeping his silence about the [incident and the
investigation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoki_Kasahara), shunning the
media and not giving interviews.

And with a statement of change he changes that reality and reshapes it into a
new one where the new state is: _I will start making statements and telling
the truth._

Therefore, **a change clearly and unambiguously occurs, from a previous
reality** [not talking/keeping silent] **to a new one** [speaking out and
being truthful and upfront]. So I think whether the 言っていく indicates a
continued action is really a matter of interpretative focus. The two ways to
interpret this performative utterance are just two different focal points. If
we focus on the continuation of the changed state, it makes sense that after
the change, Kasahara will be in a new state where he will behave differently
than before, and will continue to be like that until further changes, hence
@aguijonazo's answer, I think.

In my interpretation, on the other hand, the focus is on the point of change,
namely when the performative utterance is made. これから、言っていきたい, ていく always
signifies a departure from the past state and a change, made even more clear
with これから. That's why my interpretation emphasizes the behavioral difference:
from not speaking, to speaking out. To me, a lot of ていく constructions mark a
departure and that is the function of ていく.

Here is another interesting example:

> 「バレンタインの思い出があまりない」と話していた錦戸だが「 **来年から** は北川景子にチョコをもらいましたと **言っていきます**
> 」と得意気だった。([source](https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2014/02/09/kiji/K20140209007552630.html))

What Nishikido is saying here is: "I haven't had a lot of memories about
Valentine's Day, but starting next year, I will (be able to) say I received
chocolate from Kitagawa Keiko." Here, he doesn't mean or even entertain the
thought of keeping getting chocolate from Kitagawa every year. It was
understood the chocolate was 義理チョコ, a token of friendship, and a one-time
thing. (FWIW, Kitagawa married Daigo two years after this.) Is he going to
keep on telling others boastfully about how Kitagawa gave him chocolate? I
doubt it. But a change has occurred that put him in a new state where he will
be able to brag to other people about that. That's a break from the past [not
having received chocolate from Kitagawa and thus not being able to brag].

This is further evidenced by some other examples where I think the "continue
to do" interpretation might not be possible.

> 今年、2021年の抱負を **言っていきます**
> ！([source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V3RFUjkP8U))

I don't think you need to keep on talking about your New Year's resolutions. I
don't see a continuous aspect to this.

