Distributed morphology

/dˈɪstɹɪbjˌuːtɪd mɔːfˈɒlədʒi/

/dˈɪstɹɪbjˌuːɾᵻd mɔːɹfˈɑːlədʒi/

a theoretical framework within linguistics that focuses on the way morphological processes and structures are distributed across different levels of linguistic representation