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On Zipf's law and rank distributions in linguistics and semiotics
Matematičeskie zametki, Tome 80 (2006) no. 5, pp. 718-732

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A number of formulas of linguistic statistics are refined. The notions of real and virtual cardinality of a sign are introduced. We show that a formula refining Zipf's law for the occurrence frequencies in frequency dictionaries can be extended to arbitrary sign objects, i.e., semiotic systems. 
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V. P. Maslov; T. V. Maslova. On Zipf's law and rank distributions in linguistics and semiotics. Matematičeskie zametki, Tome 80 (2006) no. 5, pp. 718-732. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/MZM_2006_80_5_a7/