A REEXAMINATION OF THE PHILIPPINE-TYPE VOICE SYSTEM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRONESIAN PRIMARY-LEVEL SUBGROUPING A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I AT MĀNOA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN LINGUISTICS DECEMBER 2017 By Victoria Chen Dissertation Committee: Robert Blust, Co-chair Shin Fukuda, Co-chair Lyle Campbell William O’Grady Yuko Otsuka Barry Rolett i