Sociolinguistics 6, Exercise 2: home, class, recess The domain model explains it: Fishman proposed a domain-specific model, later refined by Blom and Gumperz, in which bilinguals choose a language by location and topic. The source's own example is exactly this child. What the markedness model adds (Myers-Scotton): speakers choose the language that clearly marks their rights and obligations in the conversation, and when no clear, unmarked choice exists they code-switch to explore options. It explains the cases where the domain does not decide, such as mid-conversation switching. The source notes that many sociolinguists object that language choice is not entirely rational.