All of the following are ways to distinguish allophones except for:.
a. they always change the meaning of a word.
b. they never change the meaning of a word.
c. native speakers are unaware of the differences between the two sounds.
d. they are usually in complementary distribution.

The correct answer is letter A

Explanation: Allophones or allophonic variants are speech sounds that constitute a variant or phonetic realization of the same phoneme, being, in most cases, predictable from a given context and can be described in terms of phonological rules.

The different phonetic realizations of the phoneme is resultant from the assimilation process. This process consists of the identification of all or part of a segment with another neighbor.

the answer is either c or d i think its d

the correct answer is "c": the pillars proclaimed his regret at the bloodshed at the battle of kalinga and his conversion to buddhism.

the kalinga war is considered as one of the largest battles in the history of india. it was fought between the between the maurya empire, which ruled the lands of what is now known as india at the time, and the independent feudal kingdom of kalinga.

the army of maurya empire, led by its king ashoka, fought a prolonged war against kalinga. the war ended around 262 bce with the victory of the maurya empire. it is believed that ashoka, after having witnessed the loss of many lives during this war, felt deep responsibility and eventually converted into buddhism.