Greetings, tobby!
I believe that the author you are seeking is Haig A. Bosmajian, and
that the essay you read was probably Bosmajian's book (or 164-page
long essay) "The Language of Oppression" (University Press of America,
Lanham, MD, 1983) -- or possibly an excerpt from it.
http://www.washington.edu/research/showcase/1983a.html
Here is a Curriculum Vitae for Dr. Bosmajian, which I found on the
website for the University of Washington's Department of
Communication:
http://www.com.washington.edu/Program/Faculty/Faculty/bosmajian.html
Dr. Bosmajian's book received an Orwell Award in 1983 for
"Distinguished Contributions to Honesty and Clarity in Public
Language".
http://216.239.37.100/search?q=cache:41K02RvbsKkC:www.govst.edu/users/ghrank/Introduction/orwell_awards.html+%22language+of+oppression%22+bosmajian&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I do not believe that this book/essay is available online, probably
due to issues of copyright infringement.
However, the book is available for purchase at online bookstores like
Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0819131865
If you are constrained by time and/or money, it is also quite likely
that you would be able to check this book out from the library at your
local university or high school, or from a fairly large city library.
Search Strategy
"power of language" Bosmajian
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"language of oppression" Bosmajian
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