L-Parameter: ‘Look/see’ > post-verbal marker of tentativity

From Contribution: Sinitic between Altaic and Mainland Southeast Asia

This feature involves using the verb 'to see' after a (usually reduplicated) verb to express trying an action, also termed "conative" in some literature on auxiliary verb constructions. It is found in Central and Southeastern Sinitic and is common in both Altaic and MSEA languages.