There's been a lot written recently about language and its interaction with thinking processes. Here are a few related references here on HN:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1595991

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1576971

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1556443

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1551052

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1543871

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1505365