Identify the communicative function of the following gesture: Horatio is in a rage because another driver has cut him off. As a result, Horatio speeds up so he’s next to the driver and raises his middle index finger in a gesture of anger.

A) emblem
B) illustrator
C) adaptor
D) intensifier
E) deintensifier


Ans: A) emblem

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