I really like this concept -- there have been many studies on how language shapes thinking (for example, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S00100

I really like this concept -- there have been many studies on how language shapes thinking (for example, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010028501907480 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010028501..., http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v304/n2/full/scientificamerican0211-62.html http://www.nature.com/scientificamerican/journal/v304/n2/ful..., http://www.pnas.org/content/104/19/7780.short http://www.pnas.org/content/104/19/7780.short). I would be willing to bet that having a greater number of descriptive English words will be beneficial in the long run.